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Modern Nursery Rhymes

Modern Nursery Rhymes

Modern Nursery Rhymes

Colin Moore

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AuthorHouse UK
Año de edición:
2012
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781467890298
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Modern Nursery RhymesFor Grown Ups Who is 'The Song and Dance Man'? Why were Dick and Knave fighting? Who was the 'Black Haired Boy living in a bubble'? Can you solve the mystery of Sammy Strongarm- the man who doesn’t talk? A book of 56 modern day rhymes and puzzles - how many can you solve? Who is this? Little Miss FarmerBuilt up her armour And up on the screenShe was everyone’s dreamAnd it seemed that no one could harm her All rhymes are from 1960 to the present day-give or take a few years! All the clues are there in each rhyme, see if you can not only work out the meaning behind the rhymes but also the references within them. Visual clues for some of the rhymes are included in the book but in random places. More hints and help can be found at www.modernnurseryrhymes.com You can contact the author with your solutions or comments on cjm@modernnurseryrhymes.com Solution entry form can be found at www.modernnurseryrhymes.com Best solutions will win a deluxe cream tea with the author (c) 2012 Colin Moore 'Thought provoking and ingenious' Colin’s Mum 'Dylan Thomas must be turning in his grave' Poetry Monthly 'Why isn’t there a rhyme about me?' Graham Norton 'So this is why there’s been no DIY done over the last 2 years' Colin’s Wife You can contact the author with your solutions or comments on cjm@modernnurseryrhymes.com Best solutions will win a deluxe cream tea with the author (c) 2012 Colin Moore 'Thought provoking and ingenious' Colin’s Mum 'Dylan Thomas must be turning in his grave' Poetry Monthly 'Why isn’t there a rhyme about me?' Graham Norton 'So this is why there’s been no DIY done over the last 2 years!' Colin’s Wife

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