Comic Verse

Edward Lear

Old Man with a beard
Young Lady whose chin
Old Man with a nose
The Owl and the Pussy Cat

All Ages

Comic poems about what happens to naughty children.

Elephant * Frog * Polar Bear * Lion * Jim

All Ages -

Jim is not suitable for very young children

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Meet Uncle Edgar

Funny things happen when he's around.

Age 5 - 9

Meet Fred and Rita. They're college students, though Fred doesn't do much studying. Rita wants to work - but Fred just loves to talk!

Read their conversations here.

Teens/Young Adults

Diary of a Nobody features Charles Pooter, one of the great comic characters in English literature.

Pooter’s diary gives us a wonderfully funny picture of suburban life 1880’s London.

Age: 9+