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My Very First Mother Goose

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title My Very First Mother Goose
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Iona Opie
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Edited by Iona Opie
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:108
Dimensions(mm): Height 288,Width 260
ISBN/Barcode 9780744560275
ClassificationsDewey:398.8
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Imprint Walker Books Ltd
Publication Date 9 April 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"The words one first meets in nursery rhymes will always have a special magic," writes Iona Opie in her foreword to this book. "Hey Diddle, Diddle", "Humpty Dumpty", "Jumping Joan", "Wee Willie Winkie", passed on from generation to generation, these rhymes learnt in infancy remain with us forever. Divided into four enticing sections, My Very First Mother Goose contains more than sixty of the most colourful and best-loved nursery rhymes. But what makes it so special are the wonderful watercolour pictures by Rosemary Wells, who has created an engaging and exuberant world filled with distinctive characters - rabbits and cats and mice - guaranteed to delight the youngest child. This is indeed a very first book, a book to be encountered at the earliest possible moment and savoured for an entire lifetime.

Author Biography

A world authority on children's nursery rhymes and compiler of numerous enchanting nursery rhyme collections. A multi-award-winning illustrator of over 60 books for young children. A world authority on children's nursery rhymes and compiler of numerous enchanting nursery rhyme collections.

Reviews

This is, without a doubt, the mother of all rhyme books. * The Sunday Telegraph * Nursery rhyme annthologies are ubiquitous, but this is special. New aunts, uncles, godparents and grandparents need seek no further. * The Sunday Times *