Title Flapdoodle, pure nonsense from American folklore / collected by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by John O'Brien.

Publication Info.	New York : J.B. Lippincott, [1980]
	©1980

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA 398.0973 Schwar Fla 1980	Available	---		Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.

Edition	First edition.
Description	125 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-123).
Summary	A collection of spoonerisms, word plays, visual jokes and riddles, punctuation rhymes, nursery rhyme parodies, and other nonsense speech, verses, and stories compiled from folk sources around the country.
Contents	Just imagine -- Flowers were gaily singing, the birds were in full bloom -- I like meat better than any other vegetable, except ice cream -- "Bus driver! Bus driver! Open the door!" -- Say "Betty Boop" three times fast -- Whistle blew, the train drew nigh, Bill Grogan's goat was doomed to die! -- Then he spread his arms and flew out the window.
Provenance	Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject	Folklore -- United States.
	Folklore.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Folk tales.
	Humor.
	Nonsense verse.
	Nonsense verses, American.
Added Author	Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992, compiler.
	O'Brien, John, 1953- illustrator.
ISBN	0397319193
	9780397319190
	0397319207 (library binding)
	9780397319206 (library binding)
	0397319215 (paperback)
	9780397319213 (paperback)