A collection of limericks on various topics from animals, food, and school to science and mathemtics.

"What do you get when you combine a poem and a joke? A limerick. These five-line rhyming poems are funny, silly, and sly. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how limericks work--and shows how these little poems can trigger big laughs"--Dust jacket flap.

An illustrated collection of limericks by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer.