This edition had all images removed.
Title:
The World Turned Upside Down
Or, No News, and Strange News
Note: Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Summary: "The World Turned Upside Down" by Anonymous is a whimsical collection of verses likely composed during the early 19th century. This book is characterized by its playful and satirical tone, using humorous illustrations and verses to present a world where the ordinary is turned on its head. The overarching theme explores the absurdity of everyday life and the curious inversions of roles and activities in a light-hearted manner. The text outlines a series of charming poems that juxtapose common observations with bizarre and imaginative scenarios. Each verse begins with a familiar action, only to be followed by a shocking or absurd twist that challenges typical expectations, such as a hare chasing a dog or a bird shooting a man. This playful inversion serves to both entertain and provoke thought, as readers are invited to partake in a fantastically whimsical view of a world where everything is topsy-turvy. Various characters, from animals to human figures, populate these vignettes, reinforcing the sense of absurdity and highlighting the joy of imagination in storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 10965
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 116
Language: English
Subject: Children's poetry
Subject: Picture books for children
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
The World Turned Upside Down
Or, No News, and Strange News
Note: Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Summary: "The World Turned Upside Down" by Anonymous is a whimsical collection of verses likely composed during the early 19th century. This book is characterized by its playful and satirical tone, using humorous illustrations and verses to present a world where the ordinary is turned on its head. The overarching theme explores the absurdity of everyday life and the curious inversions of roles and activities in a light-hearted manner. The text outlines a series of charming poems that juxtapose common observations with bizarre and imaginative scenarios. Each verse begins with a familiar action, only to be followed by a shocking or absurd twist that challenges typical expectations, such as a hare chasing a dog or a bird shooting a man. This playful inversion serves to both entertain and provoke thought, as readers are invited to partake in a fantastically whimsical view of a world where everything is topsy-turvy. Various characters, from animals to human figures, populate these vignettes, reinforcing the sense of absurdity and highlighting the joy of imagination in storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 10965
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 116
Language: English
Subject: Children's poetry
Subject: Picture books for children
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.