Washoe County Library System

A collection of twenty-six nonsense rhymes, one for each letter of the alphabet.

A table and chair decide to take a walk but soon lose their way and are escorted home by a duck, a mouse, and a beetle.

Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Short, silly poems celebrates the animal alphabet from Angelfish to Zebra.

A selection of nonsense verses, each beginning with the phrase "There was an old. . ." or "There was a young. . .," with photographic illustrations.

Reinterprets Lewis Carroll's famous poem about the dreaded Jabberwock.

Go on a journey to unknown, but strangely familiar, lands and then travel home again.

"A contemporary master of the nursery tale brings her unique imagination to a beloved classic. First published in 1924-two years before Winnie-the-Pooh-A. A. Milne's When We Were Very Young is among the most familiar and cherished works in children's literature. A whimsical celebration of childhood, Milne wrote the collection for his three-year-old son, and the poems have been read and sung to children for decades since. Now, Rosemary Wells brings...