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There Was a Man Who Loved a Rat: and Other Vile Little Poems
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4 out of 5
Based on 43 Ratings and 16 Reviews

Book Description
There was a man who loved a rat. He fed it ham till it got fat.
He kept it in his bed at night, and rather hoped it wouldn't bite.

A man who keeps a chicken in a cube and feeds it through a tube. A man who came to harm because three gerbils bit his arm. A cunning little mobster who kept a large and lively lobster. This collection of absurd verse and quirky line illustrations will cha... More
Book Information
PublisherPhilomel Books
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-10039925014X
ISBN-13978-0399250149
Publication Date03/27/2008
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About Gerda Rovetch (Author) : Gerda Rovetch is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Gerda Rovetch is There Was a Man Who Loved a Rat: and Other Vile Little Poems.
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About Lissa Rovetch (Illustrator) : With titles like There Was a Man Who Loved a Rat and Other Vile Little Poems, Ook the Book, and Hot Dog and Bob and the Particularly Pesky Attack of the Pencil People, Lissa Rovetch has won the hearts... more
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