I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren--more than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures--vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad--it offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Title: I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book Author Name: Opie, Iona ISBN Number: 0763659495 ISBN-13: 9780763659493 Location Published: Candlewick: December 2012 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Used - Very Good Categories: Children's - Nonfiction Seller ID: 169645