Books with title The Puffin Book of Magic Verse

Ever eaten Poodle Strudel? Slain a Jabberwock? Bathed in Irish Stew? Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children’s illustrators. In this brilliant book he has selected and illustrated his favourite comic verse, making it pure entertainment for nonsense-lovers of all ages. His unique style of drawing brings a new perspective to every poem. Classic writers such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear are combined with more contemporary talents such as Roger McGough, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. With fifteen wonderfully absurd sections, including Distracting Creatures, Sticky Ends, I Wish I Were a Jelly Fish, A Recipe for Indigestion and Chortling and Galumphing, here is a delightful collection of the topsy-turvy, the fantastical, the anarchic, the illogical and the utterly wonderful.

Hiding in a forbidden room in the family bookstore, twins Novela and Reid see their parents whisper an incantation to a strange book, and disappear. When their parents don’t return, and their grandfather has a heart attack, the children must figure out the magic of the book so they can find their parents, save their grandfather, and protect the magic book from a thief.

Hiding in a forbidden room in the family bookstore, twins Novela and Reid see their parents whisper an incantation to a strange book, and disappear. When their parents don’t return, and their grandfather has a heart attack, the children must figure out the magic of the book so they can find their parents, save their grandfather, and protect the magic book from a thief.