Best Selling Books by Ogden Nash

It''s been more than thirty years since the appearance of a collection from America''s laureate of light verse. Ogden Nash first gathered together an anthology of thirty years of his published works in 1959. In 1973 his daughters gathered more than four hundred of his poems and called it I Wouldn''t Have Missed It, a quote from one of his verses. Now more poems have come to light, so his daughters have once again produced The Best of Ogden Nash, the definitive Nash anthology. The poems display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America from the time of the Great Depression until his death in 1971. The Best of Ogden Nash should delight old fans and introduce new readers to a unique talent.

Gathers poems on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, parenthood,odern life, animals, aging, travel, work, and food.

A book of humorous poetry by Frederic Ogden Nash who was an American poet that was known for his light verse.

This collection of aquatic-themed verse features a host of watery creatures - sharks, mermaids, hippos and others. Nash''s 26 verses are each paired with a painting by zoological and botanical illustrator Katie Lee, who has created a marine wonderland.

In 1949, SPORT magazine published "Lineup for Yesterday," a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big-league baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. In it, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present Nash''s classic odes in a boxed set of fullcolor commemorative cards—the perfect gift for baseball fans of all ages.

A poem describing why one should not laugh at the appearance of the hippopotamus.

Letters written to Ogden Nash''s future wife Frances reveal some of the sensitivity that graced his poetry

An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.