A funny nonsense poem (I would expect no less from Lear). Lear died before he finished it, so Ogden Nash filled in the blanks. It's also from the 1960s, and Burkert's introduction laments that the Blue Whale might soon be extinct. It's still an endangered species, but it's not extinct yet.
bookshelves: spring-2014, published-1936, poetry, kiddlewinks Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: As the Curmudgeon Grumbles Read on March 23, 2014 Marvelous Poetry6:04 pm 22 March 2014THE TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGONBy Ogden NashCopyright Linell Nash Smith and Isabel Nash EberstadtBelinda lived in a lit...
Meh. I guess sometimes there really can be too much of a good thing. We adore the original Custard the Dragon poem. ADORE! I thought the picture book adaptation was just okay, but I saw there was a sequel and thought we might as well check it out. Meh. I didn't love it. Izzy pretty much hated it an...
The poem itself gets five stars from me! Custard the Dragon is an old favorite in our family and we'd never seen it illustrated before so that was fun. For me, the illustrations are just okay though. I suppose when you've been reading and enjoying a poem without benefit of illustrations for so long ...
Officially my last book of 2010. I wanted the last book of the year to be something cheery, so I made a special effort to finish this on New Year's Eve.
Good anthology - lots of classic authors; including a great HP Lovecraft story! (Now that guy has a way with exclamation points!)
I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of poetry in general, but I love me some light verse. Lear is a master.
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