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 book from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Yes, there’s something strange, somethingfunny and even downright preposterous onevery page of this book.But it’s not a mistake –it’s nonsense! And it’s also surrealism.Nonsense lies at the heart of manybeloved nursery rhymes. Children readilyaccept odd statements like “the cowjumped over the moon” and “the dish ranaway with the spoon.” This fanciful bendingof reality is also basic to surrealism.

In this book, nonsense and surrealismcombine to spark creativity and imagination. What’s true? What’s impossible? What’s absolutelyabsurd?From Eric Carle, creator of the classic, TheVery Hungry Caterpillar, comes a book to makechildren laugh and think, preparing them for alifetime of loving both words and art.

Following on the heels ofThe Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse(an homage to the artist Franz Marc and expressionism) andFriends, with its semi-abstract artwork,The Nonsense Showforms a trilogy of sorts, dedicated to introducing young readers to different styles of artwork witho...