Silly Verse for Kids is a collection of humorous poems, limericks and drawings for children by Spike Milligan, first published by Dennis Dobson in 1959. [1] [2] [3]
Silly Verse for Kids was Milligan's first book. Many of the pieces had been written to entertain his children, who inspired some of the poems. Their lengths vary: some are as short as four lines, and very few extend to more than one page. Most are accompanied by one or more of Milligan's drawings, a few of which do not relate to the poems. The collection includes " On the Ning Nang Nong".
Later editions combine the original content of Silly Verse for Kids with two of Milligan's later collections: A Dustbin of Milligan and The Little Pot Boiler, which had been published in 1961 and 1963 respectively.
References
- ^ Milligan, Spike (1999). A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories & Poems. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85227-321-7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Milligan, Spike (2011). Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts. Penguin Books. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-670-92078-5. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Gale, S.H. (1996). Encyclopedia of British Humorists: Geoffrey Chaucer to John Cleese. Garland. p. 767. ISBN 978-0-8240-5990-3. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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Silly Verse for Kids is a collection of humorous poems, limericks and drawings for children by Spike Milligan, first published by Dennis Dobson in 1959. [1] [2] [3]
Silly Verse for Kids was Milligan's first book. Many of the pieces had been written to entertain his children, who inspired some of the poems. Their lengths vary: some are as short as four lines, and very few extend to more than one page. Most are accompanied by one or more of Milligan's drawings, a few of which do not relate to the poems. The collection includes " On the Ning Nang Nong".
Later editions combine the original content of Silly Verse for Kids with two of Milligan's later collections: A Dustbin of Milligan and The Little Pot Boiler, which had been published in 1961 and 1963 respectively.
References
- ^ Milligan, Spike (1999). A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories & Poems. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85227-321-7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Milligan, Spike (2011). Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts. Penguin Books. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-670-92078-5. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Gale, S.H. (1996). Encyclopedia of British Humorists: Geoffrey Chaucer to John Cleese. Garland. p. 767. ISBN 978-0-8240-5990-3. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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