Edward Lear's Alphabet of Nonsense

by Edward Lear

A facsimilie of Edward Lera's Alphabet of Nonsence.

Genres: Poetry, Humor, Childrens

60 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.
His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to make illustrations of birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; and as a (minor) illustrator of Alfred Tennyson's poems.
As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes and alphabets. He also composed and published twelve musical settings of Tennyson's poetry.

Reviews

[Dannon Hewitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

love this its so cute and quirky

[Stephanie Fields · Rating 2 out of 5]

The genre of Nonsense Alphabets is poetry. I researched and I couldn't find any evidence of this poetry winning any awards. This poem is intended for children ages 4-9. This work is a nonsense poem that uses the alphabet. I gave this poem 2 stars. It wasn't a favorite of mine. There was no central theme or plot. The use of language is silly and fun. There were too many subjects to relate or feel close to just one. I think young readers would find this poem appealing. Young children love silly words and sayings. This poem would make a great writing prompt.

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not a typical ABC book. It would be a great book to use in a pre K-K class room. If a teacher is going to use this book it should be used in a group circle. Not only can this book be used to teach the alphabet to young children but it is also a good book to teach children how to rhyme words. This book would be a very good book to use in the begging of a rhyming unit. After each letter is a list of rhyming words. For example for A it says: “A was once an apple pie, Pidy, Widy, Tidy, Pidy , nice inside apple pie.
Also this book has poems in it so it would also be a great book to introduce poetry to children especially older students who are learning how to write poems. The teacher could read the poem section of the book and talk about what elements are in a poem. The teacher could then have the students try and write their own pomes.

[Cat Fithian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The alphabet I remember best - oft-quoted around our house.