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Lee, Dennis, 1939-
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Nonsense verses.
Nonsense verses, Canadian.
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Lee, Dennis, 1939-
Nonsense verses.
Nonsense verses, Canadian.
MARC Display
Alligator pie : & other poems : a
Dennis
Lee
treasury.
by
Lee
,
Dennis
,
1939-
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., c2020.
Call #:
819.1 L477a 2020
Subjects
Nonsense verses.
Nonsense verses, Canadian.
ISBN:
9781443411691
1443411698
Uniform title:
Poems. Selections
Description:
182 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Illustrations by Frank Newfeld, Juan Wijngaard, and David McPhail.
Summary:
Alligator Pie and Other Poems brings together three of
Dennis
Lee
's best-loved collections of poetry--Alligator Pie,
Jelly
Belly
, and The Ice Cream Store--spanning three decades of his warm and whimsical rhymes. "You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk," wrote Margaret Laurence of
Dennis
Lee
's timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first illustrated books published about Canadian children, and featuring Frank Newfeld's instantly recognizable original illustrations, Alligator Pie has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in 1974. Originally published in 1983,
Jelly
Belly
tickles readers with a mix of humour and traditional Mother Goose charm. The vivid illustrations by Juan Wijngaard (winner of the 1981 Mother Goose Award) reveal wonders as readers follow the characters throughout the book and stumble upon new and fascinating visual treasures. In the kid-pleasing collection The Ice Cream Store, originally published in 1991,
Dennis
Lee
delves into the special and imaginative world of children. David McPhail's gorgeous and appealing watercolour paintings of children and animals portray both the familiar and the fantastic, extending the meaning of the poems and providing a colourful feast for the eye.
Genre:
Children's poetry, Canadian.
Children's poetry.
Other authors:
Newfeld, Frank, 1928-
Wijngaard, Juan.
McPhail, David, 1940-
Lee
,
Dennis
,
1939-
Alligator pie.
Lee
,
Dennis
,
1939-
Jelly
Belly
.
Lee
,
Dennis
,
1939-
Ice cream store.
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