Author: Gene Child
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475991231
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Do you enjoy playing with language? Wordplay is an art-form savored by many. If you are in that rather select group, then this is the book for you! Each of these stories has a surprise ending, a modified cliché or adage, a perverted pun or some other amusing twist. ENJOY! WHAT SOME READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK! "The brain-dead who do not enjoy puns, word play, and a good groan need not read this book!" -Dean Swift, Student "These are the Shaggy Dog Days of our lives." Jerry Blessinger, Teacher
Shaggy Dogs Are Punny Tales
Author: Gene Child
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475991231
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Do you enjoy playing with language? Wordplay is an art-form savored by many. If you are in that rather select group, then this is the book for you! Each of these stories has a surprise ending, a modified cliché or adage, a perverted pun or some other amusing twist. ENJOY! WHAT SOME READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK! "The brain-dead who do not enjoy puns, word play, and a good groan need not read this book!" -Dean Swift, Student "These are the Shaggy Dog Days of our lives." Jerry Blessinger, Teacher
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475991231
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Do you enjoy playing with language? Wordplay is an art-form savored by many. If you are in that rather select group, then this is the book for you! Each of these stories has a surprise ending, a modified cliché or adage, a perverted pun or some other amusing twist. ENJOY! WHAT SOME READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK! "The brain-dead who do not enjoy puns, word play, and a good groan need not read this book!" -Dean Swift, Student "These are the Shaggy Dog Days of our lives." Jerry Blessinger, Teacher
The Pun Also Rises
Author: John Pollack
Publisher: Avery
ISBN: 1592406750
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
At once entertaining and educational, this engaging book is a funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on human history.
Publisher: Avery
ISBN: 1592406750
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
At once entertaining and educational, this engaging book is a funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on human history.
Storytelling
Author: Josepha Sherman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317459385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317459385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Shaggy Dogs Are Punny Tales
Author: Gene Child
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 147599124X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Do you enjoy playing with language? Wordplay is an art-form savored by many. If you are in that rather select group, then this is the book for you! Each of these stories has a surprise ending, a modified clich or adage, a perverted pun or some other amusing twist. ENJOY! WHAT SOME READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK! The brain-dead who do not enjoy puns, word play, and a good groan need not read this book! Dean Swift, Student These are the Shaggy Dog Days of our lives. Jerry Blessinger, Teacher
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 147599124X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Do you enjoy playing with language? Wordplay is an art-form savored by many. If you are in that rather select group, then this is the book for you! Each of these stories has a surprise ending, a modified clich or adage, a perverted pun or some other amusing twist. ENJOY! WHAT SOME READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK! The brain-dead who do not enjoy puns, word play, and a good groan need not read this book! Dean Swift, Student These are the Shaggy Dog Days of our lives. Jerry Blessinger, Teacher
Story Celebrations
Author: Jan Irving
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Put some juice into your library programs with these lively, thematic, book-based activities for children in grades 4-8. In each chapter, one pgoram is suited to the needs of school libraries and the other is targeted at public libraries, although both can be adapted to either environment.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Put some juice into your library programs with these lively, thematic, book-based activities for children in grades 4-8. In each chapter, one pgoram is suited to the needs of school libraries and the other is targeted at public libraries, although both can be adapted to either environment.
Storytelling: H-S
Author: Josepha Sherman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of informative entries providing a definitive and fascinating study of the wide world of storytelling.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of informative entries providing a definitive and fascinating study of the wide world of storytelling.
Laughter and Learning
Author: William E. Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learning
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A collection of ideas, materials and information on humor for use in education.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learning
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A collection of ideas, materials and information on humor for use in education.
Alfred Bester
Author: Carolyn Wendell
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0916732088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A chronology, study, annotated bibliography of Bester's works, both within and outside of the science fiction genre.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0916732088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A chronology, study, annotated bibliography of Bester's works, both within and outside of the science fiction genre.
Proverbium
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Yearbook of international proverb scholarship.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Yearbook of international proverb scholarship.
Handbook of North American Indians: History of Indian-White relations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description