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The Adventures of Simple Simon

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I have read this book over and over again to both my children over a period of almost 9 years, and it never gets stale. The artist has taken a simple nursery rhyme, and created an entire world. Each 2pp spread has both an overall beauty, and many fascinating individual elements. Many of the characters continue throughout the book, creating a fun "where's the radish on this page?" game that is more interesting than the popular "I Spy" books. I highly recommend this book for children ages 2-7.

This is my favorite childhood book. Everynight before going to sleep, one of my parents would read me a story, and then pick up Simple Simon. By the time I was five, I knew the whole book by heart and you can still catch me reciting the silly little words to myself at times. I still have my original copy sitting on the mantle piece of my fireplace.

What I think I most enjoyed as a child about this book was how silly it was, but it was so captivating. The illustrations were incredible and the rhymes and the poem was such a cute story about a day in the life of Simple Simon.

I plan to make this a favorite of my children when I have them, because this book is completely unforgetable, like a teddy bear you've had forever. And it all starts with the rhyme "Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair..."

I was introduced to this book at a workshop on post-modern picture books. After hearing a little about the book, I had to order it. This book takes the "simple" nursery rhyme of "Simple Simon" and intertwines various other nursery rhymes characters. The illustrations are wonderful and add such spice to the nursery rhyme. One must really pay attention to the pictures in order to pick up on various details. It's almost like playing "I Spy" with nursery rhyme characters. I would surely recommend this book to anyone.