The Nonsense Show, Eric Carle
The Nonsense Show, Eric Carle
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The Nonsense Show

Author: Eric Carle

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/12/2023


Synopsis

A TIME Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!

Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What’s wrong with this audiobook from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
 
Yes, there’s something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous in every bit of this audiobook. But it’s not a mistake – it’s nonsense! And it’s also surrealism. Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like “the cow jumped over the moon” and “the dish ran away with the spoon.” This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism.

In this audiobook, nonsense and surrealism combine to spark creativity and imagination. What’s true? What’s impossible? What’s absolutely absurd? From Eric Carle, creator of the classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes an audiobook to make children laugh and think, preparing them for a lifetime of loving both words and art.

Praise for The Nonsense Show

* "Carle creates fun and laughter in this homage to the surrealist artist René Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimes and silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!"–Booklist, starred review

About The Author

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carmen

This book is just about absurd things. A rabbit pulls a human from a hat. A bird flies underwater while a fish lives in a birdcage. A kangaroo has a human child in her pouch. A two-headed snake (has no tail). Etc. etc. A tennis player hits an apple instead of a tennis ball and ends up with applesauce on......more

Goodreads review by Tina

I had never heard of this book before I picked it up from my library. I'm not overly familiar with Eric Carle--I really only know The Hungry Catepillar--but the art is instantly recognizable. I'm not sure about his other books, but this one is a rhyming book and had a nice rhythm. If I'm being hones......more

Goodreads review by Althea

When I first picked up this book I thought to myself, "I think Eric Carle has finally lost it." Being a tad creeped out, I hastily cast the book aside. I didn't think of it again until a few days later when I needed some stories for a preK readaloud. Not knowing what to expect, I added this book to......more

Goodreads review by Sara

First and foremost, I am probably biased because I am a huge fan of Eric Carle. We have so many of his books and my children love his illustrations and we never tire of his wonderful stories. When this book showed up at my house my kids got SO excited. We read it immediately and my kids loved it. Th......more


Quotes

TIME Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!

* "Carle creates fun and laughter in this homage to the surrealist artist René Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimes and silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!"–Booklist, starred review

* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections."–School Library Journal, starred review

* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy."–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "[The Nonsense Show], with its cleanly designed white pages, makes the unexpected elements of the imagery stand out and prompts questions and wonder."–Horn Book, starred review