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Title:
The World Turned Upside Down
Or, No News, and Strange News
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.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 10965
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 328
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
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.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 10965
Published: Feb 1, 2004
Downloads: 328
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.