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Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
List Price: $22.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Pages: 108
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 10.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0763606839
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.8
EAN: 9780763606831
Publication Date: October 6, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
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
Product Description
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!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Great book! June 29, 2008
Kimberly A. Little (Hayward, CA USA)
I have two of the Rosemary Wells/Ione Opie Mother Goose books that we've enjoyed for many years. The pictures are large & colorful, and the poems are just the right size for younger listeners. This is the second time that I've bought the series after 10 years, as my kids loved them so much that they took them EVERYWHERE, and the books were worn out from too much loving. I like the mix of familiar & new-to-us rhymes, especially as my husband is British, and some that I didn't know were familiar to him. Great additions to a library!
Gorgeous illustrations December 11, 2007
iBeth (Florida)
We received this book as a baby shower gift, and several times since then, I've given it to others at their baby showers. The illustrations in this book are so beautiful. I wish some of them were available as frame-able art for children's rooms.
 politically correct garbage December 1, 2007
Mundy (Pohang, Korea)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The switching of "What little girls/little boys are made of" is asinine. While I am not a proponent of burning books, I might as well have burned the money I spent on this one. How disappointing. I recognize that the argument to keep politics out of nursery rhymes has been disputed ad nauseum, but that's really the point isn't it? If you, like me, prefer that your kids learn the rhymes the same way they've been passed down, then avoid this book. That one change has rendered all else suspect. However, if you are down with feminism rah rah, here's the book for you. But why not call it, "Here comes Androgynous Goose." After all, the image of a maternal fowl spouting gibberish promotes a terrible stereotype. One that the author might well wish to avoid. In fine, this book lays a big fat egg. Thanks. You've been great. Don't forget to tip the bartender.
beautiful book March 27, 2007
Christopher J. Deangelis
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beautiful book, but most of the material is completely unfamiliar to me, and I expected it to be more common poems / nursery rhymes. I think I was looking for the other one by the same author
 Sanitized Pablum October 17, 2005
Timothy W. Eustis (New York NY)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Why did she shorten a number of the poems/ditties? This reads like my radio scanning the first 10 seconds of each station. These poems were written with lots of verses, why not include them?
And I don't particularly enjoy the sanitizing of the What Are Little Boys Made Of poem. Why not read it in the original? Wouldn't it provide an interesting opportunity to discuss gender stereotypes to appropriately aged children, instead of dumbing it down for them?
I did like My Kindergarten, though.
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