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100 1 _aSmith, Albert W.
_q(Albert William),
_d1856-1942
245 1 4 _aThe giant, and other nonsense verse
246 1 _aThe giant, & other nonsense verse
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-11
508 _aTim Miller, Tom Trussel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _aThe giant, and other nonsense verse by Albert W. Smith is a collection of children’s nonsense poetry written in the early 20th century. Light, playful, and imaginative, it revels in tall tales, comic fables, and whimsical explanations of nature, turning the cosmos, the weather, and everyday creatures into sources of gentle absurdity and delight. Across its poems, the book envisions a sky-high Giant who snacks on whales and planets, an Arctic ball where icebergs waltz with the Northern Lights, and a tropical tea where beasts gossip and sing. It spins mock origin tales for tides, night and day, mist, and why the sea is salt; tours Funnyland, an island of baby trees, candy volcanoes, Tiboons, and a sky-ship fiasco; and offers parodies and adventures such as a hapless marsh hunter and a brave boy who defeats a Basilisk with a mirror. Brief pieces catch Cupid trapped by his own boomerang and love rushing Time, while north and west winds misbehave and ice is “invented” to keep children safe. Throughout, catchy rhymes, brisk rhythms, and cheerful nonsense make lively read-alouds that mix fantasy with sly humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cIthaca: Andrus & Church, 1910
653 _aAmerican poetry -- 20th century
653 _aHumorous poetry, American
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924021692250/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77672
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