Here Comes Mother Goose

Brief Description: Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard, " "I'm a Little Teapot, " and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, " accompanied by illustrations of various animals. Brief Description: From the award--winning creators of "My Very First Mother Goose" comes more than 60 traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard, " and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, " accompanied by colorful illustrations. Limited first-edition run includes beautiful keepsake bookplates printed on a bellyband. Marc Notes: Includes index.; Presents more than fifty traditional nursery rhymes, including Old Mother Hubbard, I'm a Little Teapot, and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, accompanied by illustrations of various animals.. Biographical Note: Iona Opie has dedicated her life to collecting and preserving children's rhymes as art form. She says that she starts every morning with a rhyme. "Nursery rhymes are good for you. I just open a nursery rhyme book at random. This morning I read: 'Taffy was born on a moon-shiny night. His head in a pipskin, his heels upright.'" In a partnership with her late husband, Peter Opie, she has edited many acclaimed books for children's folklore, including THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NURSERY RHYMES. Rosemary Wells is the author and illustrator of more than 60 books for young readers. She has won many awards for her work, including more than 20 ALA Notable Book citations, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award, and the BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK Award. About Mother Goose, she says, "Mother Goose is a real culture. It's the real words of people who lived long ago. These rhymes are a celebration of the English language--it's our history and it's wonderful." Rosemary Wells lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Brief Description: Presents more than fifty traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard," "I'm a Little Teapot," and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe," accompanied by illustrations of various animals. Publisher Marketing: Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including Old Mother Hubbard, I'm a Little Teapot, and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, accompanied by illustrations of various animals. Review Citations:

Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 26 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 10/04/1999 pg. 73 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/1999 pg. 1746 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

New York Times 01/16/2000 pg. 27 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

ALA Notable Childrens Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1346 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 116 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/2000 pg. 15 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly Best Books 01/01/1999 pg. 56 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 140 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 116 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 10/01/1999 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 168 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 221 (EAN 9780763606831, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Opie, Iona About the Author: Iona Opie edited and wrote many books with her late husband Peter Opie, including The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, and The Classic Fairy Tales. Contributor Bio:  Wells, Rosemary Rosemary Wells is the creator of many unforgettable children's book characters, including Max and Ruby, McDuff, and Yoko, each of whom stars in their own book series. She is also the author of perennial favorites about universal childhood experiences, such as Noisy Nora and Read To Your Bunny. Rosemary Wells lives in upstate New York.