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Here Comes Mother Goose (Paperback)

by Iona Opie (Editor), Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 108 pages
  • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd; New edition edition (8 April 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0744589290
  • ISBN-13: 978-0744589290
  • Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 25.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 878,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 warm, lovely, good-humoured 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 has brought 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 they blend ancient verse with fresh new pictures. Soft, appealing watercolours depict a comical menagerie of ducks, bunnies, cats and guinea pigs, wittily interpreting more than 50 old favourites. No new parent should be without this indispensable treasure. (Ages 0 to 4 years) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This second collaboration of author and artist has produced another exuberant collection of nursery rhymes. Alongside many, many old favourites are some new ones like 'I'm Dusty Bill/ From Vinegar Hill,/ Never had a bath/ And I never will.' Or 'My Aunt Jane, She came from France, To teach to me the polka dance.' The illustrations of lively little animals are wonderfully inventive and highly amusing. (1-4 yrs) (Kirkus UK)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect present for a new baby - well, the parents anyway!, 21 Feb 2001
Friends have just had a baby and wanted a nursery rhyme collection to be able to start reading to their new daughter. My first thought was to come to this one as the illustrations will delight the baby and the rhymes will bounce the parents right back 30 years or so. Wonderful
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer delight, 2 Mar 2008
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Iona Opie must know more about the nursery rhymes of the English-speaking world than anyone else alive, and her selection is consistently good - some familiar, some not so well-known, some well-known but with an unfamiliar twist. Rosemary Wells' illustrations are big, brightly-coloured, full of interesting detail, and offer a witty commentary on the texts. A cast of animals recurs throughout the book, giving the diverse rhymes an overall unity, and they are drawn without the sickly sentimentality that all-too-often accompanies humanised animals in picture books. This is book 2 - the first volume, "My very first Mother Goose", is just as good, but with a higher proportion of well-known rhymes. My 2 year old daughter loves both of them.
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