Cat and the Fiddle and More, The [Hardcover]

Jim Aylesworth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 1992 | Age Level: 6 and up

A whimsical collection of nonsense verses--all based on Mother Goose favorites--captures the hilarious antics of whistling wolves, leaping turtles, dancing pigs, and other entertaining characters.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

As a tribute to Mother Goose, Aylesworth has taken rhyme writing to new lengths in this zippy picture book. The prolific wordsmith has fashioned a collection of "Hey Diddle Diddle" ditties that begin with such phrases as "Hey fetter fetter" or "Hey sunny sunny" followed by an appropriately sportive verse. The satisfyingly silly outing has pans and pots, combs and brushes and socks and boots (among other things) running away with each other. An ideal complement to the rollicking text, Hull's grainy, textured pastel paintings--his first for a children's book--are almost frantic with action. Vibrantly hued tables, chairs, brooms and rakes bat their eyelashes as they dance across the crowded, borderless pages. Youngsters will relish the energy here and may--as the final verse suggests--tackle rhymes of their own. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-- As he did in The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock (Atheneum, 1990), Aylesworth takes a familiar nursery rhyme and expands it, adding 13 verses to "Hey Diddle Diddle." Since each verse has the same structure and similar phrasing ("The little rabbit girl, worm, lizard, colt, snake, etc. laughed/ To see such sport . . . "), it grows monotonous when read straight through; at the end, the author invites readers to make up their own variations, but many children may already be weary of the game by that point. Hull's full-spread illustrations have a grainy, lithographic look, and are packed with rubbery, stick-limbed figures hurling themselves madly about, their silly gestures and expressions tempting children to linger over each scene long enough to make sense of the chaos. Frenzied and overelaborate, but certainly a cut above Hickey's Mother Goose and More (Additions, 1990).
- John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum (September 30, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689317158
• ISBN-13: 978-0689317156
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,574,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking Rhymes, June 23, 2000

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This review is from: Cat and the Fiddle and More, The (Hardcover)

Another wonderful extension of a well loved nursery rhyme by the author. Aylesworth has captured the rhythm of Mother Goose and created a lively story that is great for read-a-louds! Read it with your kids and write some yourselves!