Julia Eccleshare's October 2015 Book of the Month The much-loved Eric Carle’s The Nonsense Show more than lives up to its title! Using his trade-mark collage illustrations he has created spread after spread of surprising and unusual events. Humans and animals are all busy doing most unlikely things: there are humans travelling in cars using leg power and not an engine; fish in a bird cage and a bird in a water tank; a horse and its rider who have got each other’s head on.
The result is laugh-out-loud fun which invites readers to ask questions about things we take for granted. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Silliness takes center stage in this laugh-out-loud book from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?--now available as a board book! Yes, there's something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous on every page of this book. But it's not a mistake - it's nonsense! Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like "the cow jumped over the moon" and "the dish ran away with the spoon." This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism. In this book, nonsense and surrealism combine to spark creativity and imagination. What's true? What's impossible? What's absolutely absurd? From Eric Carle, creator of the classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes a book to make children laugh and think, preparing them for a lifetime of loving both words and art.Praise for The Nonsense ShowA TIME Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!* "Carle creates fun and laughter in this homage to the surrealist artist René Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimes and silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!"-Booklist, starred review* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections."-School Library Journal, starred review* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "[The Nonsense Show], with its cleanly designed white pages, makes the unexpected elements of the imagery stand out and prompts questions and wonder."-Horn Book, starred review
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Silliness takes center stage in this laugh-out-loud book from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?--now available as a board book! Yes, there's something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous on every page of this book. But it's not a mistake - it's nonsense! Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Nonsense Show and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
The Nonsense Show features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Recommendations, Books of the Month, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Featured Books for 3+ readers
Board book, Paperback, Hardback. Not Available.
The Nonsense Show was written by Eric Carle and published by World of Eric Carle an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
The Nonsense Show has 38 pages
Yes it is part of The World of Eric Carle series