books about: nonsense     books:       Arm in Arm27 reviews Remy Charlip MacMillan Publishing Company, 1980 What a thrill to find this book again! As a child some 30 years ago I used to borrow this book from the library again and again. In my late teens I thought it would be a kick to look up that most favorite childhood book, only to find it available no more. But now I can buy it! I still remember so many of those goofy, beautifully illustrated mind twisters, but I'm really going to love seeing the ones that time has long hidden from ...             "I Can't" Said the Ant27 reviews Polly Cameron Scholastic, 1961 A New Generation of "ant" lovers! How can I resist adding my comments, after reading how many others went in search of this book for exactly the same reason I did! I have a old, tattered copy from my childhood that I recently pulled out to read to my 3 1/2 yr. old, thinking he was finally old enough to listen to it. He listened intently, asking all about why the teapot fell and what the spiders were doing... and when we came to ...             Nonsense! He Yelled19 reviews Roger Eschbacher Dial, 2002 My kids loved this book! OK, I am confused. Do the "professional" reviewers not have kids? My daughter loved this book. We read it often (no offense to the author, I can't read any book every night and stay sane). She loves the rhymes and then we of course start a silly game where we have to make up a rhyme with her or her friends names. This is truely my only complaint. Have you ever tried to rhyme Jessica or ...             On Beyond Zebra15 reviews Dr. Seuss Topeka Bindery, 1999 Left quite an impression... Loved this book as a child. Fast-forward thirty-some years, I am a computational linguist with a fascination for exotic writing systems. Coincidence? In think not.             Boot Camp for Your Brain: A No-Nonsense Guide to the SAT I102 reviews M. Denmark Manning Xlibris Corporation, 2001 A perfect companion to "The Official Guide to the SATs" I have tried plenty of different programs to enhance my SAT scores - books, classes, you name it. Boot Camp was organized in a fashion that was easy to use, and more importantly, yielded desired results. The contents of the book are concepts that are on the actual SAT and don't waste your time. I (like any other high schooler) have little to no time to practice SATs, but the great thing about ...             Owl and Pussycat25 reviews Lorinda Bryan Cauley Putnam Juvenile, 1986 The Owl and the Pussycat ISBN 0399231935 - A quick glance through the pages of the board book edition from G. P. Putnam's Sons didn't give me high hopes for this book, but I have - once again - been surprised by what can work in a board book! The owl and the pussycat hop in a boat and head out to sea, where Owl proposes in song. They buy a ring from a pig and are married by a turkey... and that, you have to know, ...             The Sneetches and Other Stories57 reviews Dr. Seuss Topeka Bindery, 1999 Dr. Suess is the best at teaching good things in a fun way. This book shows that a looking different doesn't make a person less fun or likeable. It has great rhymes, & is a quick read before sleep time.             Diary of a Medical Intuitive: One Woman's Eye-Opening Journey from No-Nonsense E.R. Nurse to Open-Hearted ...16 reviews Christel Nani L. M. Press, 2004 Found this book just when I needed it most It's amazing that I found this book just at a time in my life where I was really questioning my connection to God. When I found this book it was so interesting and I could relate to so much of it that I couldn't put it down and I finished it in less than a weekend. Before I read this, my spiritual life seemed to suffer because I often questioned if God really loves me and cares about me. I felt ...             If I Ran the Circus15 reviews Dr. Seuss Topeka Bindery, 1999 Wonderful, Imaginative Book!! My daughter and I love love love this book. It is so creative and everytime we read it (which is seriously twice a day) she finds something new in one of the pictures. The cadence and flow of the sentences is almost mesmerizing. Really delightful to read!             Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames17 reviews Luis d'Antin van Rooten Penguin (Non-Classics), 1980 Wonderful puzzles If you can read French and if you grew up heaaring Mother Goose rhymes (in English) this book is a MUST HAVE. It presents an almost credible scholarly work about some fragments (in French) from an old civilization. If you will read those fragments aloud, you"ll be able to hear (in English) well known nursery rhymes. Truly fascinating, and soetimes challenging! (Especially if you had never ...             The Hunting of the Snark : An Agony in Eight Fits (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Lewis Carroll Penguin Classics, 1998 The best nonsense I've ever read I have read a great deal of nonsense in the past, but this was by far the best nonsense that I have ever read. There is no point, no meaning, no sense, and no boringness. It is a delightful poem (which is well written and very fun to read aloud) about a crew on a ship hunting a snark. The crew includes a captain who only rings a bell, a beaver, a cook who only cooks beavers (the beaver and the ...             The Nature of Boats: Insights and Esoterica for the Nautically Obsessed11 reviews Dave Gerr International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1995 Wealth of Practical Knowledge Love the book. It is full of "Rules of Thumb" that can save tons of time when trying to design a boat or solve a problem. The techniques shown are great for practical application. The author has an uncanny ability to teach complex subjects in a down to earth easy to understand manner. Highly recommended for boatman, yacht designers, marine engineers and naval architects.             Cautionary Tales for Children8 reviews Hilaire Belloc Holiday House, 1985 Completing the Edward Gorey library JIM, who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion. It's small wonder that Edward Gorey chose to illustrate Belloc's verses, written nearly a century ago - in fact, they were such a clear and strong influence on his work, it's hard to believe he didn't write them himself. 'Cautionary Tales' is a literary work that was years ahead of its time, parodying the overtly-strict educational ...             Just the Computer Essentials: A Plain-English, No-Nonsense Guide to Buying and Maintaining a PC Running the ...8 reviews James, A White IROL Press, LLC, 2007 This book makes Windows Vista easy! I've been using Windows XP for years now and just got a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. There's definitely a big difference between those two versions of Windows! I've become very good at using XP, but wanted to make sure that I got Windows setup right and wasn't missing anything. I looked at a couple Vista books and I'm happy that this was the book I chose. It's very ...             Duchess Bakes a Cake11 reviews Virginia Kahl Atheneum, 1955 Amazing! Its back in print! This was one of the truly formative books of my youth. Silly and fun and with a wonderful rhyme. I have the most wonderful memories of my mother reading this to me. Years ago, when I first had children, I HAD to find this book for them and it was out of print. I managed to find an excellent copy but spent nearly $100 for it -- and thought it worth every cent! Now that its back in print, I've ...             If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle13 reviews Kelly Hayford Delphic Corner Press, 2005 No hype, Just Common Sense and Good Information Kelly Hayford's book is one of the best I've read on nutrition and truly natural health care. It is not about vitamins (which, by the way, are not foods, but at best only parts of foods) and it does not contain any strange, "new age" advice. Instead, it is filled with practical information that, if you follow carefully, will do wonders for your health, despite any health condition you may have. ...             A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me: A Book of Nonsense Verse9 reviews Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap), 1974 A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse To Me My wife bought our family copy when it first came out in 1973. She was at a conference in Boston and saw it go on display. Our daughter, born 1971, was raised on it and both my wife and I can quote passages at the drop of a word. Favorites are "The Slithergadee" and "The common cormorant or shag...." Our daughter is now expecting her first child (our first grandchild) and we presented her ...             I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello8 reviews Barbara S. Garriel Boyds Mills Press, 2004 Cute Book.....fun teaching tool The kids in my class loved singing along. I read/sang it with my K-3 music students. They all know the tune and enjoyed this variation. I used it to introduce various instruments and as a memory test for the kids. Cute pictures, well written. Just be ready to explain the word "bellow."             Scranimals13 reviews Jack Prelutsky HarperTrophy, 2006 Crazy Animal Fun During the story a boy and a girl went on a trip the Scranimal Island. They saw a lot of animals such as the RHINOCEROSE, a group SPINACHICKENS, a caravan of CAMELBERTA PEACHES, a lonely POTATOAD, one CARDINALBACORE, couple of HIPPOPOTAMUSHROOMS, talkative PARROTTERS, a sweet PORCUPINEAPPLE, fierce BROCCOLIONS, a nimble ANTELOPETUNIA, an unsuccessful STORMY PETRELEPHANT, content TOUCANEMONES, ...             A My Name Is Alice8 reviews Jane Bayer Demco Media, 1987 A My Name is Alice I am a Pre-Kindergarten Readiness teacher in my school district for 5 year olds. This book was listed in my Fountas & Pinnell kindergarten phonics text to assist students in learning to read their names in print. I used this story to highlight my students names as we placed them on the word wall in my classroom. 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