Here Comes Mother Goose
Poetry
From the award-winning creator of My Very First Mother Goose comes an invitation to the simple joy and the sly humour that are the essence of Mother Goose.
Spread the word - here comes Mother Goose - and with her comes an entire procession of best-loved nursery rhyme characters, including 'Mary Mary Quite Contrary', 'Simple Simon', 'Old Mother Hubbard', 'Little Tommy Tucker', 'The Queen of Hearts', and many more. Joining them is an array of colorful folk you may not have met before: Mrs. Murphy, for instance, and My Aunt Jane; Freda the American Beauty, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe, and Dusty Bill from Vinegar Hill - each of them well worth getting to know, as we re sure you ll agree!
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.
