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My Very First Mother Goose (Paperback)
by Iona Opie (Author) , Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)
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Author: Iona Opie (Author) , Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Pub. in: October, 2001
ISBN: 0744568676
Pages: 32
Measurements: 7.6 x 6.7 x 0.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00258
Other information: New Ed edition
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- Awards & Credential -
A winner of Parents' Choice Award
A winner of ALA Notable Children's Book award |
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The 60 plus rhymes in this collection are mostly the old-time favorites, but also include some more recent ones such as "Shoo Fly" and "Down by the Station." Wells illustrates the selections with her usual winsome, quirky, anthropomorphic mice, rabbits, cats, pigs, bears, etc., and even includes some people. The lavish ink-and-watercolors are filled with action and delightful details. Ranging in size from tiny vignettes to double-page spreads, they are arranged on the pages in a variety of ways to complement the text. The typeface is large and very clear. Such a spirit of fun and pleasure emanates from every page of this big, handsome volume that although there are many distinguished entries in the nursery-rhyme book field, this one is sure to add special joy to any collection.
Iona Opie spent her life collecting children's folklore. The selection of nursery rhymes in this book shows the knowledge of what children really have an affinity for that she gained over that time. This is not a collection of what adults think children ought to like - it's a collection of what they do like. The illustrations and the layout of the book continue the quality of what children like. The layout gives no more than one rhyme per page. This limits the contents of the book but matches the attention space of the age the book targets. The illustrations are not of humans but of animals in the lineage of Richard Scarry, the Bernsteins, etc. This gives the book a cozy, lap feeling that is age appropriate.
Target readers:
Kids aged 0-3
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Iona Opie (1923) is a world-renowned researcher and writer on European folklore and children's street culture. She worked closely with her husband Peter Opie (1918-1982), whom she met and married during World War II, until his death.
Iona Opie is a world authority on children's rhymes, street & playground games and the Mother Goose tradition. Together with her husband she conducted primary fieldwork, as well as library research, interviewing thousands of children. The couple were also noted anthologists.
The Opies' collection is the richest library of children's books and ephemera and covers the 16th to 20th century. It was begun in 1944, amounting in the end to 20,000 pieces. It was donated to the Bodleian Library in 1988, after a two-year public appeal raised the £500,000 cost. The Opies' book collection is increasingly being transferred to microfiche. The Opies' large collection of historic toys and games is still owned by Iona Opie.
With her husband Peter, Iona Opie is one of the world's foremost authorities on children's rhymes from Mother Goose to the latest schoolyard doggerel. She tells Judith Strasser how she got into nursery rhymes, and why so many people like them.
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There should be a law that requires every child to sit on Grandpa's knee as he chants "Trot, trot, to Boston; trot, trot, to Lynn." Grownups who still giggle at the thought of Little Jack Horner pulling a plum out of his Christmas pie, or who make a wish on a star, murmuring "Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight" know the secret. They're the ones who will be handing down those same nursery rhymes to their own children, preserving an age-old tradition. But no child should be left behind. In world folklore authority Iona Opie's collection, these invaluable and ancient nuggets of childhood verse are bursting with new life. Quirky and sly, sweet, gentle, rollicking, silly... the range of rhymes is breathtaking. Winner of over a dozen prestigious awards, including a Parents' Choice Award and an ALA Notable Children's Book award, this wonderful book is charmingly illustrated by Rosemary Wells, best known for her Max books (Max's Bath, Max's Bedtime, Max's Ride). A solid repertoire of nursery rhymes should be de rigueur for any aunt, uncle, grandparent, or parent worth his or her salt.
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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. |
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. |
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. |
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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