Author(s): Iona Opie & Peter Opie & Maurice Sendak (ill.)

Childrens

The indispensable classic - available for the first time in paperback!

Collected in this award-winning book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren, more than one hundred and seventy selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes, and Maurice Sendak's poignant and wickedly funny illustrations, this classic anthology belongs in every child's and young-at-heart adult's collection.