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Title:

I saw Esau : the schoolchild's pocket book / edited by Iona and Peter Opie ; illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

160 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Folk poetry, English.
Children's poetry, English.
English poetry--Collections.
Children's writings.
English poetry--Collections.
Children's writings.

Other Authors:

Opie, Iona Archibald.
Opie, Peter.
Sendak, Maurice, ill.

Contents:

Beginning of term -- "Esau" and other dramas -- Characters -- Nonesense -- Insults -- Retaliation -- Reality -- Graces -- Riddles -- More Characters -- Teasing and repartee -- Counting-out rhymes -- Game rhymes -- Guile, malicious -- Guile, innocent -- More insults -- Still more characters -- Verbal fun -- Book protection -- Book desecration -- Mock scholastic -- On some famous teachers -- Lamentation -- Reproachfulness -- Seasonal -- Contempt -- Incantation -- Lullabies, adolescent style -- End of term.

Summary:

A collection of rhymes and riddles traditionally passed on orally from child to child.

Indexed by:

Children's Catalog (Wilson)
Elementary School Library Collection (Bro-Dart)
ALA Notable Books

ISBN:

9781564020727 (limited ed.)
156402072X (limited ed.)
9781564020468
1564020460

LCCN:

91071845

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