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The Utter Zoo: An Alphabet

AUTHOR Gorey, Edward
PUBLISHER Pomegranate Communications (07/01/2010)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
Description
Twenty-six curious creaturesfrom the fastidious Ampoo to the world's one and only Zotefill the pages of The Utter Zoo, an alphabet from the untamed imagination of Edward Gorey. The Boggerslosh, the Crunk, and the Dawbis; the Ippagoggy, the Jelbislup, and the Kwongdzu; the Scrug, the Twibbit, and the Ulpeach strange and wonderful zoomate displays its own primary characteristic, described in Gorey's inimitable, droll, rhyming couplets.

A writer and artist with an instantly recognizable style, Gorey (American, 19252000) created over one hundred works and was also a playwright, an award-winning set and costume designer, and the creator of the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery! First published in 1967, The Utter Zoo is a favorite of Gorey fans, young and old alikeno matter how well they know their ABCs.

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ISBN-13: 9780764955082
ISBN-10: 076495508X
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 56
Carton Quantity: 48
Product Dimensions: 6.91 x 0.50 x 6.32 inches
Weight: 0.55 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product - Canadian, Dust Cover, Price on Product, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CN
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BISAC Categories
Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
Humor | Form - Limericks & Verse
Dewey Decimal: 741.59
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Twenty-six curious creaturesfrom the fastidious Ampoo to the world's one and only Zotefill the pages of The Utter Zoo, an alphabet from the untamed imagination of Edward Gorey. The Boggerslosh, the Crunk, and the Dawbis; the Ippagoggy, the Jelbislup, and the Kwongdzu; the Scrug, the Twibbit, and the Ulpeach strange and wonderful zoomate displays its own primary characteristic, described in Gorey's inimitable, droll, rhyming couplets.

A writer and artist with an instantly recognizable style, Gorey (American, 19252000) created over one hundred works and was also a playwright, an award-winning set and costume designer, and the creator of the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery! First published in 1967, The Utter Zoo is a favorite of Gorey fans, young and old alikeno matter how well they know their ABCs.

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Author: Gorey, Edward
Edward Gorey (1925 2000) is famous for the bounty of books he wrote

and illustrated, filling more than one hundred works with his unique

humor and distinctly crosshatched characters.

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