"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents
before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren��ore than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes.
With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures��ignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad��t offers knowledge
and entertainment to all who open it.
