{"product_id":"a-book-of-nonsense-quirky-classics","title":"A Book of Nonsense (Quirky Classics)","description":"“There was an Old Derry down Derry,\u003cbr\u003eWho loved to see little folks merry;\u003cbr\u003eSo he made them a Book,\u003cbr\u003eAnd with laughter they shook\u003cbr\u003eAt the fun of that Derry down Derry.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1846 under the pseudonym “Old Derry down Derry”, A Book of Nonsense is a collection adapted from the limericks and illustrations Edward Lear created to amuse the grandchildren of Lord Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, while he was staying with the family at Knowsley Hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbodying Lear's passion for nonsense, the limericks, each accompanied by one of Lear's beguiling original illustrations, are fun, lyrical, lively and hilarious, and have enchanted children and adults since their first appearance in the middle of the nineteenth century.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47855993061602,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-06-3-4.95-521","price":27.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_520_pRA4JT-3z.jpg?v=1780489338","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/a-book-of-nonsense-quirky-classics","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}