ANNOTATED CLASSICS
I’m always happy to add an annotated children’s classic volume to my library. So far I have: The Annotated Hunting of the Snark and The Annotated Alice by Lewis Carroll, The Annotated Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Annotated Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, and The Annotated Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie. All of them tell how the stories came to be written and include fascinating biographical information about the authors. They are definite treasures for any library. My thanks to Rev. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), Mr. Barrie, Mr. Baum, and Mr. Grahame for their stories and inspiration.
ACROTWIST CLOWN LIMERICK
There once was an Acrotwist Clown
who set off to capture a Crown.
Nobb was his name,
villainy his game.
Don’t be charmed by his rainbow swirl frown.
PART OF MY CHILDREN’S BOOK COLLECTION
This corner wall in my library is a good place to spend a day.
Top row, left to right: Perrault’s Fairy Tales, Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales, painting of the lavender witch’s edible cottage in Danken Wood, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Arabian Nights.
Bottom row: 8 of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books.
DABBER OF THE WEST LIMERICK
Here’s Old Dabber of the West.
His granddaughter Nim loves him best.
Her smiles, so rare,
she tends to share
with Dabber alone above the rest.
PEAR TREE
MOTTY LIMERICK
Motty, the hollowite nanny?
Why, the length of her tongue was uncanny.
With consummate ease
to the tops of the trees
it flicked with a bo bonny banny.
BANDY OF THORNS LIMERICK
A particular favorite of the Queeeen
was Bandy of Thorns, bendo dreen.
He alone, you see,
could control the three,
the mad Triplet Princesses, each one a teen.
SILL AND FISS LIMERICK
Sill was a twin. So was Fiss.
Sailing the sea was their bliss,
on a trampoline raft,
most unusual craft,
though they sensed there was something amiss.
THE RINDLE MER LIMERICK
None can compare to Rindle Mer
with her frothy shock of orange hair.
You need not ask
if she’s up to the task.
She’ll revive the Woods with seconds to spare.














