About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherCandlewick Press

ISBN-101564026205

ISBN-139781564026200

eBay Product ID (ePID)431626

Product Key Features

Book TitleMy Very First Mother Goose

Number of Pages108 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicNursery Rhymes, Classics, Poetry (See Also Stories in Verse)

Publication Year1996

IllustratorYes, Wells, Rosemary

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorIona Opie

Book SeriesMy Very First Mother Goose Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight36.7 Oz

Item Length11.7 in

Item Width10.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN96-004904

ReviewsA lovely 20th-anniversary edition of the acclaimed 1996 collaboration between illustrator Rosemary Wells and editor Iona Opie. Here some 60 classic nursery rhymes are set amid ink-and-watercolor pictures as quirky as they are cozy. --The Wall Street Journal It's been 20 years since world-renowned folklorist Iona Opie and beloved illustrator Rosemary Wells (who Opie firmly believes is Mother Goose's second cousin) published the ultimate--and award-winning--nursery rhyme collection My Very First Mother Goose. With this anniversary edition (sporting a fetching new pale-yellow cover), another generation of young children will clap their hands, wiggle their toes and sing-song along to 60 "eccentric, funny, goluptious, haphazard" rhymes...Every household needs this book. --Shelf Awareness for Readers, A lovely 20th-anniversary edition of the acclaimed 1996 collaboration between illustrator Rosemary Wells and editor Iona Opie. Here some 60 classic nursery rhymes are set amid ink-and-watercolor pictures as quirky as they are cozy. -The Wall Street Journal It's been 20 years since world-renowned folklorist Iona Opie and beloved illustrator Rosemary Wells (who Opie firmly believes is Mother Goose's second cousin) published the ultimate--and award-winning--nursery rhyme collection My Very First Mother Goose. With this anniversary edition (sporting a fetching new pale-yellow cover), another generation of young children will clap their hands, wiggle their toes and sing-song along to 60 "eccentric, funny, goluptious, haphazard" rhymes...Every household needs this book. -Shelf Awareness for Readers

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromKindergarten

Dewey Decimal398.8

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

SynopsisTo a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "Pat-a-Cake" to "Little Jack Horner" and "Pussycat, Pussycat," these are familiar verses that have been passed from parent to child for generations; these are the rhymes that are every child's birthright. With watercolors by Rosemary Wells that may prove equally enduring, MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE captures the simple joy and the sly humor that are the essence of Mother Goose. Parents and children will find themselves exploring this volume together, savoring delightful details and funny surprises on every page. This is a book that promises hours of quiet smiles and merry grins for readers of all ages.

LC Classification NumberPZ8.3.M9926 1996