The Owl And The Pussycat And Other Nonsense Rhymes

Author: Edward Lear

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Price : $29.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781921977596
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Imprint : Walker Books Australia
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Publication date : January 2012
Dimensions : 260mm X 216mm
Produced in : Australia
RRP : 29.95
Availability date : July 2012
Out of print date : January 2020
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Author : Edward Lear
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Bind : Hardback
Edition : 712
Illustrator : Robert Ingpen
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Dewey classification : 821.8
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Description

Jump aboard the pea-green boat and enter the enchanting world of Edward Lear. This collection of Lear's best-loved nonsense verse is published to coincide with the Bicentenary of his birth in May 2012. Rediscover the Owl and the Pussycat, The Jumblies, and The Dong with a Luminous Nose. Learn what happened to The New Vestments of the old man from the Kingdom of Tess and take a stroll through Bong Tree Land.

Author description

Lear's verse and limericks have enthralled generations of families, but it is as an ornithological illustrator that he first made his name. His poems, and the original artworks that accompany them, form the heart of this beautiful book. This specially illustrated Bicentenary edition provides not only a celebration of Edward Lear's two-hundredth year, but a unique gift for adults and children to enjoy together for centuries to come. Robert Ingpen began studying illustration art and book design over fifty years ago at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and has designed, written and illustrated more than one hundred works of fiction and non-fiction. In 1986, Ingpen received the highest honour in the children's book world, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, for his contribution to international children's literature. He has also recently been awarded an honorary doctorate from RMIT and granted Membership of the Order of Australia for services to literature.

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The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.