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The Quangle Wangle's Hat

by Edward Lear · 1876

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The Quangle Wangle is lonely on the Crumpetty Tree, until a whole host of creatures come to live on his (very large) beaver hat. Edward Lear's classic nonsense poem is accompanied by illustrations from Louise Voce.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1870s1870sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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