Kidsbookely

Issue 04: More Limericks | More Activities | More Writing

To the castle the raging hordes thundered
(Local scribes say about seven hundred),
But Attila the Hun
Was just having fun,
And only the Gift Shop was plundered.

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More About Limericks

This Month's Activities

Fun Fact

Last Month's Solutions

Your Favourite Limerick?

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Welcome Back to the World of Limericks

There was a faith-healer of Deal
Who said: "Although pain isn't real,
If I sit on a pin,
And it punctures my skin,
I dislike what I fancy I feel."

The Activities

In this issue, for the kids, there's another each of the Limerick Word Search, Limerick Crossword Puzzle, and Limerick Scramble.

And you grown-ups have an activity that goes right back to the limerick craze of 1907 :)

Then there's Part Three of our How To on writing your own limericks.

And finally ...

You can also do the Crossword Puzzle and the Word Search online at the Kidsbooke website, if you choose. This link will take you to the online page.

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Fun Fact

The first ever book of "limericks" was published in 1820. It was called The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women. You can read all 16 verses here:

It was a very short book. Short books of poems are called "chap books".

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Last Month's Solutions

The solutions to last month's Crossword Puzzle, Word Search and Word Scramble are here in a separate PDF. Plus, of course, the solution to One for the Grown-Ups :)

Did you work out the answer?

Right-click on this link to download the PDF.

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Your Favourite Limerick?

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John Arthur Nichol

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