{"product_id":"coles-funny-picture-book-no-1-by-e-w-cole","title":"Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E W Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike some bedazzling magic, Cole's Funny Picture Book has been enchanting Australian children in their hundreds of thousands for over 100 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a century ago a remarkable man, E. W. Cole, the self-styled \"Professor\", compiled this amazing picture book. He it was who invented Girl Land and Laziness Land and the fabulous Whipping Machine, and who listed over 100 Names Suitable for Dollies and Babies. He wrote, too - wise words about people and language and funny words about travelling and husbands and wives. He also collected picture puzzles that have been mystifying generation after generation. To all this the Professor added an extraordinary collection of images that leap off the page and live forever in the memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you were not brought up on Cole's wonderful book you will probably not believe all this. But for children the mysterious spell of Cole's Funny Picture Book is self-evident. Today's small people are just as entranced as were those of yesteryear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this special new edition 12 colour pages have been added though the original presentation is disturbed as little as possible. It is, as the Professor would doubtless say as he doffed his high top hat, part of the magic after all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43562878926922,"sku":"2634as","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/2634as_58da1f1c-f311-4940-b9dd-429b785cda74.jpg?v=1777786131","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/coles-funny-picture-book-no-1-by-e-w-cole","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}