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Beschreibung
A delightfully absurd classic of nonsense poetry where birds bloom like flowers and imagination takes flight.
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers is a charming and unusual collection of humorous verse and imaginative illustrations that turns the natural world upside down. Robert Williams Wood invites readers into a playful universe where birds and flowers become wonderfully confused, creating a series of clever visual and verbal puzzles that celebrate creativity and curiosity.
Written with wit, whimsy, and a childlike sense of wonder, these poems and illustrations encourage readers to look at familiar things in unexpected ways. The book's gentle humor, inventive wordplay, and fanciful artwork make it a delightful experience for children while offering adults a nostalgic return to the imaginative traditions of classic illustrated books.
First published in the early twentieth century, How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers remains a unique example of literary nonsense and artistic play. Its combination of poetry, humor, and visual invention places it alongside other beloved works of imaginative nonsense literature.
A delightfully absurd classic of nonsense poetry where birds bloom like flowers and imagination takes flight.
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers is a charming and unusual collection of humorous verse and imaginative illustrations that turns the natural world upside down. Robert Williams Wood invites readers into a playful universe where birds and flowers become wonderfully confused, creating a series of clever visual and verbal puzzles that celebrate creativity and curiosity.
Written with wit, whimsy, and a childlike sense of wonder, these poems and illustrations encourage readers to look at familiar things in unexpected ways. The book's gentle humor, inventive wordplay, and fanciful artwork make it a delightful experience for children while offering adults a nostalgic return to the imaginative traditions of classic illustrated books.
First published in the early twentieth century, How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers remains a unique example of literary nonsense and artistic play. Its combination of poetry, humor, and visual invention places it alongside other beloved works of imaginative nonsense literature.
Über den Autor
Robert Williams Wood (1868-1955) was an American physicist, inventor, and writer known for his wide-ranging interests in science, art, and creative expression. A pioneer in the study of optics and ultraviolet photography, he also had a remarkable talent for playful invention and imaginative [...]'s unusual combination of scientific curiosity and artistic creativity led him to produce works that challenged conventional thinking and delighted readers. How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers remains his best-known literary work, celebrated for its humor, originality, and inventive spirit.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Gedichte & Poesie, Importe
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Medium: Taschenbuch
Titel: How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers - A Classic Collection of Whimsical Nonsense Verse and Playful Illustrations for Children
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781617201868
ISBN-10: 1617201863
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wood, Robert Williams
Hersteller: Wilder Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 3 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Williams Wood
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.01.2011
Gewicht: 0,082 kg
Artikel-ID: 106963412