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I Saw Esau

By Peter Opie

I Saw Esau

By Peter Opie

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"The mood is insouciant glee. A treasure." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and their grandparents and their great-grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren - more than one hundred and seventy rhymes ranging from insults and riddles to tongue twisters, jeers, and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures - vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad - here is a book that deserves a place among the classic texts of childhood.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2012-11-13
Publication Date:
2012-11-30
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0763664014
ISBN13:
9780763664015
Minimum Reading Age:
7
Maximum Reading Age:
10
Weight:
301 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
185 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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