This collection engages my daughter each time we explore it.

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	• My Very First Mother Goose (Reading Together) Iona Opie Walker Books Ltd, 2001 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews
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A wonderful collection of classic Mother Goose

To say this book is a favorite at our house is an understatement. My two-year-old daughter begs me to read it to her every day! She has loved it ever since her first birthday. The illustrations are entertaining and affectionate. We have a tape that has many of these same ryhmes set to music, so I actually sing about half of the verses to my daughter and read the rest. Her favorites are "Whose little pigs are these these these. . ." and "Oh, the brave old duke of York. . .". Our copy is literally falling apart from so much use! It is truly a jem.

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Sure to be a favorite!

My fifteen-month old twin boys have been nuts about this book since they first saw its bright yellow cover at around age six months. They absolutely love it. They bounce and bounce when they see the picture of Little Jumping Joan. They love the Cat and the Fiddle. Big big fun all the way around. I'm ordering our second copy today because the first one is already looking so worn.

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This collection engages my daughter each time we explore it.

Mother Goose can sometimes be a bit outdated, but Opie's choices and Wells's illustrations brings it to life. The well designed book, with short sections to choose and read, engages my 3 year old as well today as it did when she was one. She recites the phrases and rhymes while reading. She often repeats the verse when we don't even have access to the book, much the same way we did as young children. Many of the Mother Goose rhymes involve animals. Wells's animals are lively, adorable and have a little michief in their eyes. The poems and rhymes are grouped well. Long verses are combined with short to keep a young person's attention. This is a great book to give to a Grandparent. They will enjoy sharing verse that they grew up with. Our favorite verse is one I had never heard or read prior to reading this book. It smacks of England with the rich, yet simple vocabulary. "Boys and girls, come out to play, the moon doth shine as bright as day... ...come with a whoop and come with a call, and come with good will or not at all...

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Delightful illustrations will enthrall you.

Delightful illustrations will enthrall you and baby - the rhymes will entrance you. Makes a wonderful baby gift!

The Mother Goose to Own

As the mother of four, I think I've read Mother Goose rhymes probably tens of thousands of times over the years. We've checked many Mother Goose books out of the library, but (thanks to my mom), this is the one we own. We return to it time and time again for several reasons. First, of all, it's big, which I really like because it means that I don't have to read the same rhymes night after night after night. There's ample room in it to poke around (also its size has allowed Opie to include in it some we didn't know - but quickly learned. My favorite of these is "Wash the dishes, Wipe the dishes, Ring the bell for tea; Three good wishes, Three good kisses, I will give to thee.") I also really like Opie's selection of rhymes. She's left out some of the grimmest, which makes the book appropriate for even the smallest of readers. This is not to say, however, that this a bland book. For Opie has included many really fun pieces. And this leads me to comment on Rosemary Wells' illustrations, which are warm and funny, in the most beautiful colors. She lends her own touch to this book. Sometimes she offers a new interpretation of a rhyme (see, for example, Humpty Dumpty, which it turns out in Wells' world really concerns a small bunny not very fond of boiled eggs). In other pictures, she simply adds hilarious, unexpected, fascinating detail. My daughters Rose, 2, and Daisy, 6, and I laughed and laughed over this book today, turning a sad sick morning into a happy time. I regularly find Rose, who is generally given to activities like bouncing, sitting quietly, poring over this book. This is the one to buy.

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