Ogden Nash, Author, Linnell Nash Smith, Editor Little Brown and Company $19.95 (357p) ISBN 978-0-316-59835-4
Smith, Nash's daughter, here unveils only a portion of the letters written by the humorist to his wife, children and relatives. It is nevertheless a collection of generous scope, revealing the family man behind the famous creator of beguiling light...
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Ogden Nash, Author, James Marshall, Illustrator Joy Street Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-316-59874-3
The heroine of this jaunty poem is no stranger to adversity: she quickly and calmly dispatches a variety of threatening figures, to the strains of Nash's vivacious comic cadences. (``She washed her hands and she straightened her hair up. / Then...
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Ogden Nash, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-59031-0
Custard cowers in fear--until a nasty pirate shows up and inspires his dragonly instincts. In PW's words, famed Nash's ""wordplayful 1936 rhyme gets a fresh start with timeless illustrations by Munsinger."" Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Ogden Nash, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-59880-4
The late Ogden Nash's (Custard and Company) wordplayful 1936 rhyme gets a fresh start with timeless illustrations by Munsinger (Ho for a Hat!; One Hungry Monster). Title character Custard, the ``realio, trulio little pet dragon,'' lives with young...
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Ogden Nash, Author, Bridget Starr Taylor, Illustrator , illus. by Bridget Starr Taylor. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky $16.95 (30p) ISBN 978-1-4022-1027-3
Nash’s (1902–1971) invincible heroine, memorably incarnated in James Marshall’s 1991 picture book with the same title, kicks off the publisher’s Poetry Telling Stories Collection. Isabel is a good candidate for showing kids...
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