Oh, what nonsense! / [electronic resource] poems selected by William Cole ; drawings by Tomi Ungerer.

An array of witty verse from a variety of authors, including John Ciardi, Theodore Roethke, and Laura E. Richards.

Partial contents : The folk who live in backward town / Mary Ann Hoberman -- The minister in the pulpit (Scottish nursery rhyme) -- Boa constrictor / Shel Silverstein -- The happy family / John Ciardi -- Doctor Foster (Nursery rhyme) -- Don't ever seize a weasel by the tail / Jack Prelutsky -- Nursery nonsense / D'arcy Wentworth Thompson -- Pussy willow song (American folk song) -- As to the restless brook / John Kendrick Bangs -- Order in the court (jump-rope rhyme) -- Fooba wooba John (American folk song) -- Good King Wenceslas (English children's street rhyme).