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The Boy Who Became a Parrot
- A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Boy Who Became a Parrot af Wolverton Hill, 9781592704132
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
84
ISBN-13:
9781592704132
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1592704131
Udg. Dato:
11 sep 2025
Størrelse i cm:
31,1 x 23,9 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
11 sep 2025
Forfatter(e):

The Boy Who Became a Parrot

- A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense
Engelsk
Hardback 2025
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Written with style and heart by Wolverton Hill and illustrated with whimsical art by Laura Carlin, this love letter to Edward Lear brings him wonderfully to life for young readers. Edward Lear popularized the limerick as we know it and invented the modern literary genre of nonsense, made famous by Lewis Carroll. But did you know that as a teenager, he was a natural history artist on par with John J. Audubon? He has a memorial in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, placing him among the UK’s most important authors. Yet even still, Lear seems underappreciated. This picture-book biography will change all of that. Not only does it tell of what Lear did, it also shows who he was by conflating the naturalistic and nonsense, as Lear himself did, and by daring to be both fanciful and playful, for the facts of a life alone can never give you the full picture of a person. Lear liked children and children liked Lear, for they shared an innate sense of play and silliness, as well as a tolerance for the absurd and unusual. As Lear understood so well, it’s not just fun to be silly, but a sense of play is foundational to a resilient life. And of course, nonsense as practiced by Lear was a sharp weapon of satire against rigid Victorian conformity. Whether in his keenly observed work as a natural history painter or in his nonsense verse, Lear animated the world through a deep sense of empathy, and it is in this way that author and illustrator Hill and Carlin deliver Lear to us. Rich backmatter includes some Lear poems and paintings, a chronology, and notes from the author and illustrator.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
84
ISBN-13:
9781592704132
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1592704131
Udg. Dato:
11 sep 2025
Størrelse i cm:
31,1 x 23,9 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
11 sep 2025
Forfatter(e):
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