A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Bookstore:Looney Limericks by Frank Jacobs

Ooh...bummer for that guy!

 

 

A collection of humorous limericks(including a few by the limerick king himself, Edward Lear) starring such unforgettable folks as the young man from Bengal who goes to a fancy dress ball garbed as a hamburger bun(with an outcome he didn't forsee...), the old man of Blackheath who accidentally sits on his false teeth(YEOWCH!), the knowing young raccoon who doesn't believe in the moon, the young woman of Niger who takes a ride on the back of a tiger(This won't end well...), the skunk from the dell who dislikes people because of their smell(Wow, how hypocritical is that?), the spotted hyena who takes an aardvark named Lena to the dance, the barber from Bahavia who has his hands full when a large brown bear comes into his shop, and the snail and the tortoise who brag to each other about how fast they are. If you like wacky limericks, this is the book for you!

 

 

Here are a couple of my faves:

 

 



 

As the ever quotable Snoopy once said, "Wouldn't that just unplug your heating pad?"

 

Hmm, he spoils those horses...and doesn't spoil himself enough! :-D

 

 

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A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Bookstore:Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

This collection of previously unpublished poems by the late, great Shel Silverstein truly does have everything(as per the title). Retaining Silverstein's usual humorous/bizarre style, this book contains such gems as, "Growing Down", where Mr. "Grow-Up" Brown discovers the joys of growing down, "The Romance", where an elephant and a pelican decide to get married because no one else's names rhyme with theirs, "A Mouse In This House", where Uncle Ben detects a mouse and (literally!) takes the house apart to find it, "How Hungry Is Polly?", where a girl says she's, "So hungry she could eat a horse," which a nearby horse doesn't think is very nice, "Italian Food", which may be just as much fun to say as it is to eat, and "You'll Never Be King", where a queen tells her young son that he'll have to take his job more seriously if he ever wants to be king. All in all, it's a good collection and a must-have for any Shel Silverstein fan or anyone who likes wacky poems.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

I hear there's quite an epidemic of this.

Wow, how hypocritical is this?

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