My Very First Mother Goose
Age 1+
Anthologies Poetry
"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.
Creators
Iona Opie has dedicated her life to collecting and preserving children s rhymes as art form and believes that "nursery rhymes are good for you." In partnership with her late husband, Peter Opie, she edited many acclaimed books of children s folklore, including The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. She lives in England.
Rosemary Wells is the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for young readers. She has won many awards, including more than twenty American Library Association Notable Book citations, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. She lives in upstate New York.
Awards
Parents’ Choice Award
Galaxy British Book Awards: The Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year
