by John Ciardi

The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks. 

Illustrated by Susan Meddaugh.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

             This is an illustrated collection of limericks, mostly involving nature and animal themes.

Good Points:

• It contains a wide variety of limericks, on a wide variety of topics.
• Could be used to inspire a limerick project.
• Accompanied by funny illustrations.

Other Notes:

• In the one poem about trout, it is getting eaten.
• Most of the poems seem fairly violent or macabre.