Just this:

I loved these illustrations, which have lots of fun details to check out with kids. My toddler enjoyed being introduced to the poem!

It's impossible to tell here, but the specific edition I'm reviewing is The Owl & the Pussy-Cat & Other Nonsense by Edward Lear, with illustrations by Owen Wood (1978, Viking Press). It includes eight short verses by Lear in addition to TO&tPC. Wood's intricate illustrations are gorgeous, and invite return visits, as I have done many a time over the years. This was one of the books that my parents kept on their shelves, and I'm glad they did - it survived where some of our other childhood books did not always.

Update: I have now read the edition with illustrations by Stéphane Jorisch. I don't find them as pretty in style as Wood's, but I appreciate the emotional contrast they provide to the lightness of the poem.

For: fairy tale/folklore fans; readers looking for a classic retelling that is appropriate for young readers.

Possible red flags: nonsense.

this picture book is so nostalgic! the illustrations are gorgeous, and the story stuck with me all this time

One of those books I love, no matter what.

everyone should read this book. I am interested in what different illustrators have done with this. Kids inherently understand the whimsy and metaphor. I love the fact that two different people can fall in love. you don't both have to love dungeons and dragons, well then again maybe in that case you both do.

Mooie tekeningen in het eerste deel, de gedichten zijn oké.