Twenty examples of Lear's humorous poems, displaying Lear's love of exuberant nonsense and his own special words (Scroobius Pip and pobble amongst them). This volume features biographical background, introductions to each verse, and help with difficult vocabulary.
Huliska-Beith s smiling, rubber-limbed figures dance through vertiginously tilted, brightly colored minimalist settings As a presentation of Lear s better-known poems, this makes a thoughtand laughprovoking bridge. Booklist "