A RUMBUDGIN OF NONSENSE

by Arnold Spilka ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1970

What's inside is just as convincing in its way as Rumbudgin for a title (Webster doesn't know it either but it works). Very quietly, audacious little paradoxes finish easy rhymes, like ""Then KERPLUNK!/ Milly landed,/ And to her surprise,/ She was clear out of sight/ When she opened her eyes."" Or, to a girl eating licorice: ""'Can I have a bite?/ I'm your friend,/ Aren't I, Bess?'// And Bess just looked/ And ate it all up/ And then she said, 'Yes.'"" There's a visual word play: ""A skunk is a skunk is a skunk/ and a mouse is a/ mouse mouse mouse mouse mouse./ A snake is a/ SSS--NNNNNAAAAA--KE/ And an elephant/ IS."" And aural puns: ""A dreamadary/ is a sleeping dromedary."" ""A kingeroo/ is the leader of the kangaroos."" Untitled poems about children and animals, pictured in charcoal and rust -- and in keeping.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1970

Categories: CHILDREN'S