Akron Public Library

After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

A nonsensical alphabet that begins after the letter "Z."

A cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly.

An illustrated version of the cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Some pages are die-cut, permitting a portion of the next and previous illustrations to be seen

A crazy story in verse in which a series of unusually-named creatures (some of which are fish)--Nook, Womp, Yink, Yap, Gack and the Zeds--run into equally-zany situations. Fabulously easy words, exciting pictures, and inviting rhythm!

Presents the well-known Lear poem plus eight limericks.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a greedy, hungry dragon eventually learns moderation.

A picture story in rhyme about a giraffe that stretches another half and uses a chair to comb his hair.

A cautionary tale for mice written in nonsense verse.

A collection of tongue twisters, both traditional and new in prose and verse.