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100 Pretentious Nursery Rhymes (Paperback)

by Michael Powell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Prion Books Ltd (2 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853754870
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853754876
  • Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 616,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Scare young children and intimidate their parents when you take the humble nursery rhyme and transform it into a display of linguistic acrobatics. Why use one world when ten will do? If you want to sound as though you've swallowed a dictionary, here are 100 nursery rhymes and their verbose translations to memorise and regurigitate at all children's parties.

About the Author
Michael Powell is the author of several books both for children and adults, including High Society published by Prion in May 2002. Before becoming a writer he trained at RADA and spent several years as an internationally unknown actor and musical director. He lives with his wife and two children in Somerset.

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5.0 out of 5 stars really funny and clever, 6 Jun 2005
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This is a really funny and clever book. Michael Powell has taken 100 common nursery rhymes and re-written them in the most hilariously complicated and pedantic way. For example,

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

becomes . . . .

Hey diddle diddle, felidae and fiddle
A heifer vaulted the orb of night,
While a runtish and ludibrious hound
Saw sundry tableware take flight.

and Humpty Dumpty . . .

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty eschewed concavity
When, sitting on a wall, he succumbed to gravity.
Imperial equine and human assistance
Could not restore Humpty to his ovoid existence.

or what about Little Miss Muffet:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating some curds and whey.
Along came a spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Enjoying her mucid repast.
An arachnid's arrival
Threatened her survival,
So she left, to avoid being harassed.

If you want to read the other 97 hilarious nursery rhymes, I highly recommend you to buy the book. (see also 100 Pretentious Proverbs)

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