Books with title The Oxford Funny Story Book

A collection of more than 25 funny stories, ideal for reading alone or aloud, issued in paperback. Includes folk-tales, anecdotes and narrative jokes as well as new and favourite stories by many top children's authors. Illustrated throughout in full colour.Authors include Jan Mark, Bel Mooney, Richmal Crompton and Ian Whybrow. Artists include Vince Reid, Jamie Smith and Anni Axworthy Dennis Pepper is the editor of many anthologies for OUP

Dragons, castles and knights, mermaids, witches and magicians, ships on the high seas, journeys into mystery--they are all here, and more, in this new anthology of narrative verse for children. Story poems have always enchanted young readers, and in this comprehensive collection the old favorites like The Owl and the Pussycat and The Highwayman are joined by tales in verse from modern poets like Ray Bradbury and Adrian Mitchell. There's Stevie Smith's Fairy Story--a short trip through an enchanted forest. Or how about the traditional saga of The Hairy Toe--a lights-out, under-the-covers tale to chill you to the bone. Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is here, and Edward Lear's The Pelican Chorus, plus scores of other classic story poems like La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Annabelle Lee. Illustrations by a variety of artist effectively highlight the text. The Oxford Book of Story Poems is a perfect choice for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who enjoys the great yarns of poetic literature.

How many of one's favorite poems are story poems? This is a wonderful collection of over sixty narratives in verse with thrilling tales, silly nonsense rhymes, tragic poems that will keep you in suspense, and funny, quirky poems that will delight over and over again. All the classic poems you would expect to see are here, such as 'Jabberwocky', 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin', 'The Highwayman', 'The Lady of Shalott', and 'The Owl and the Pussycat' and these combine with more modern but equally satisfying poems to make a rich and varied anthology. Authors include Hilaire Belloc, Edward Lear, Walter de la Mare, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Reeves, Roger McGough, and Michael Rosen.

Dragons, castles and knights, mermaids, witches and magicians, ships on the high seas, journeys into mystery--they are all here, and more, in this new anthology of narrative verse for children. Story poems have always enchanted young readers, and in this comprehensive collection the old favorites like The Owl and the Pussycat and The Highwayman are joined by tales in verse from modern poets like Ray Bradbury and Adrian Mitchell. There's Stevie Smith's Fairy Story--a short trip through an enchanted forest. Or how about the traditional saga of The Hairy Toe--a lights-out, under-the-covers tale to chill you to the bone. Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is here, and Edward Lear's The Pelican Chorus, plus scores of other classic story poems like La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Annabelle Lee. Illustrations by a variety of artist effectively highlight the text. The Oxford Book of Story Poems is a perfect choice for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who enjoys the great yarns of poetic literature.

Dragons and castles, knights and mermaids, witches and magicians, ships on the high seas, and journeys into mystery--every poem tells a story in this enchanting anthology of narrative verse for children. Story poems have always fascinated young readers, and in this comprehensive collection old favorites like The Owl and the Pussycat and Annabel Lee are joined by tales in verse from modern poets like Ray Bradbury and Adrian Mitchell. There is something for every taste among the 66 poems of this anthology. Stevie Smith's Fairy Story takes us on a magical trip through an enchanted forest. The Hairy Toe is a lights-out, under-the-covers tale to chill you to the bone. Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is here, and so is Edward Lear's The Pelican Chorus, plus dozens of other classic story poems.