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My Very First Mother Goose (平装)
by Iona Opie (Author) , Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)
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Award-winning books, Poetry, Picture books, Ages 0-3, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 88.00
MSL price:
¥ 78.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
A delight nursery rhymes collection both for the eyes and ears. |
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Sara K (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
My son is 18 months old and absolutely loves this wonderful book. He enjoys having any book read to him, but Mother Goose's frequent references to the sun, moon, stars (all favorites topics to my son)and Rosemary Wells' charming illustrations of bunnies, kitties, etc. add up to pure reading fun at our house. These nursery rhymes aren't too intense (some Mother Goose can be downright scary), and are just the right length for a 1- to 2-year old's attention span. And I enjoyed getting to know some nursery rhymes I missed out on as a child (Wibbleton to Wobbleton is a hoot). A few of the book's pages have been ripped in my son's enthusiasm for the subject matter, but this book is a nice change from our dozens of board books at home. I highly recommend this book for toddlers who enjoy being read to and for parents who love to do the reading. |
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Lara F (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
My son first latched on to this Mother Goose collection at about 21 months, and for the last 3 months, we've read the whole thing through nearly every day. He'll spend 30 or 45 minutes with me, reading the rhymes, enjoying the songs (there are several for which the tunes are fairly well known), and looking forward to the ones such as "patty cake" which have a game attached to them. While he's got a pretty decent attention span for his age, this is by far the activity he'll do for the longest time. He's starting to learn the rhymes himself now, and it's become a very participatory activity to read it with him. I'm enjoying it tremendously, with the warm and fuzzy, family-celebrating illustrations, the inclusion of many of my childhood favorites, and some old rhymes which are new to me, and very charming (Wibbleton to Wobbleton, for example, and The Big Ship Sails on the Alley, Alley Oh). I've hidden the other Mother Goose collections we were given as gifts, because I find this by far the most appealing, in its choices of rhymes and songs, the charm of its illustrations, and its uncrowded layouts which don't squeeze too much text onto the pages. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
My daughter is two and a half and loves this book! It is perfect for bed time reading because you can read a lot or a little of the book. The illustrations are beautiful and reminiscent to me of some of the books I loved as a kid. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
My son loves this book, he is 4 and have most of them memorized, we borrowed it at first at the library, he loved it so much that I had to get him his own. I like it for it's simple and easy to remember lines, we read a couple of different nursery rhymes books, that I find is a little too much to remember for his age. If you buy this book be ready to keep reading it, 'cause your little one will be asking you again and again. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
What a beautiful collection of nursery rhymes-my daughter loved this book from before she could even sit up-it is also available as a set of board books which I also highly recommend. Keep in mind Iona Opie, the editor, is English and uses some English rhymes or English versions, which has some people confused. The drawings are simple and charming, classic Rosemary Wells. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Iona Opie is one of the great folklorists we have right now and all English-speakers should be grateful for her (and her late husband Peter's) tireless work to preserve and present the poetry of children at play. This book is a terrific introduction to her ear for the best of this kind of poem and to the wonder of Rosemary Wells' imagination. As others have noted, you will return to this book over and over, when other favorites have long since passed into neglect. There is a second volume of these poems, also with Wells' illustrations. Then try and find a copy of I Saw Esau, an amazing collection of children's playground rhymes from the past 50 years or so. They are by turns witty, crude, wondrous and cruel and the Sendak drawings that accompany them are great. It's not for small children, but a nine year old would love it. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
We have several different collections of Mother Goose rhymes, and this is by far the best, both in terms of its illustrations and layout and in terms of the rhymes chosen. Our 22-month-old son loves this book - he calls it "Mama Guck" (his version of "Mother Goose") and both he and we recommend it highly. I think it's especially nice that this book contains none of the more ugly and/or overly violent Mother Goose rhymes which sometimes turn up in other collections (those icky ones with lines like "Taffy was a Welshman/Taffy was a cheat", "And whipped her little daughter/For spoiling her nice new clothes", etc.) - all the rhymes here are ones I really want my son to know. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
This book is a delight, both for the eyes and ears. The pictures are captivating, and please adults as well as children. While these rhymes have been around for years, it was the first time I'd ever seen many of them. This book is a "keeper"! |
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Suzanne (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I have never been a big fan of Mother Goose books-generally because I am not a poetry fan and let's face it-they are poetry! But when I saw my favorite children's author, Rosemary Wells, illustrated this book, I had to have it, and I am so glad I did! My boys love it and so do it. Her painting for this book are so interesting and varied, and they incorporate themes that are real crowd pleasers in the under 6 set-lots of moons, trains and pictures of bunnies that look a lot like Max, her hero of her great Max and Ruby series. The selections here include some of the more unusual Mother Gooses, along with the old favorites. My boys ask for this book over and over and are learning a lot of Mother Goose. This is definitely worth adding to your library. |
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Catherine (MSL quote), New Zealand
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I was charmed by the beautiful illustrations in this book, as was my two year old son. Many of the verses are short, and this together with the cute, bright animal pictures means the book will hold the attention of even very young children. I discovered many of my old favorites in this book, as well as rhymes I had never heard before. My little boy has learnt many of the rhymes and loves to act out his favorite, the cow jumps over the moon. I was really pleased to see a further book of rhymes by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells out this year, and have bought it for my second son. These are definitely books to keep. |
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