Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose)
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Editor: Iona OpieIllustrator: Rosemary Wells
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10-06
ISBN: 0763606839
Number of pages: 108
Publisher: Candlewick
Book Reviews of Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose)
Book Review: Best present for babies!
Summary: 5 Stars
These two Mother Goose books by Iona Opie (a true scholar on the the origin and wording of Mother Goose rhymes), with delightful illustrations by Rosemary Welles (My First Mother Goose, with a red cover, and Here Comes Mother Goose with a yellow cover), are the best presents you could give to new parents. These are beautiful books, with wonderful rhymes that children will want to hear over and over again. The colors are bright, the typeface clear and winning, and the illustrations are stunningly beautiful and engaging for children. I would frame every one of them. I'm a librarian, and these editions are the best Mother Goose rhymes around, and my own children and I read them over and over again when they were growing up. My kids are now in high school, and I've bought them their own editions to read to their own children later on.
The importance of nursery rhymes is that they get children ready to read--the children can understand the story through the pictures, and they memorize the words because the rhymes make the verse predictable after a while. Eventually, children can match the words with sounds they know. Nursery rhymes are not a "frill" but a crucial learning tool for children. Avoid the commercialism of Disney and other vendors, and reach for these books, which are really for children. You'll love the books yourselves.
Summary of Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose)
From the award-winning creators of MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE, an invitation to the simple joy and the sly humor that are the essence of Mother Goose.Spread the word?here comes Mother Goose?and with her comes an entire procession of best-loved nursery rhyme characters, including Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Simple Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Tommy Tucker, the Queen of Hearts, and many more. Joining them is an array of colorful folk you may not have met before: Mrs. Murphy, for instance, and My Aunt Jane; Freda the American Beauty, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe, and Dusty Bill from Vinegar Hill?each of them well worth getting to know, as we're sure you'll agree!
Ready or not, here she comes! That clever, mischievous, loving matriarch of the nursery knows more verses and ditties than you can shake a stick at. From the familiar "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" to the more obscure "I'm Dusty Bill from Vinegar Hill," this lovely, good-humored collection of nursery rhymes is sure to find a place on the shelf of classics. On the heels of her first award-winning collection, My Very First Mother Goose, world-renowned folklorist Iona Opie brings together still more of her never-ending supply of childhood verse. And once again the incomparable Rosemary Wells (Max's Bath, Max's Bedtime, Max's Ride) has joined Opie to enchant young readers as the two blend ancient verse with fresh new pictures. Soft, appealing watercolors depict a comical menagerie of ducks, bunnies, cats, and guinea pigs, wittily interpreting more than 60 old favorites. No new parent should be without this indispensable treasure. (Click to see a sample spread. Copyright 1999 by Rosemary Wells. Used by permission of Candlewick Press.) (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter
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