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The Christian Mother Goose Book of Nursery Rhymes

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I have been purchasing copies of this book for about five years to give a shower presents for friends expecing a baby. I have given about 25 away so far. My friends who are expecting (mostly church friends) anticipate getting their copy. Some exen ask "When will I get my book??"
One reason I like giving this book is that it helps focus the child's attention on our Heavenly Father while it is entertaining them. I am always surprised (and pleased) as the child grows older and quotes the "new" version of the nursery rhyme to me!
I have been accused of being a problem maker because at the showers as the gifts are passed around for all to see this book causes a present back-up because people want to read it instead of just looking and passing it on! The other gifts just don't get the sttention this book does.
I never have to agonize about what to get for a gift--this book is desired and used to help instruct the children about all the wonders God has wrought. I am grateful to the author and publishers for its existance.

The reason nursery rhymes continue to be so popular is not because of their "mild dark humor" but because they are so great in developing phonetic awareness for kids. Therefore, if you don't care for the negative messages in the traditional nursery rhymes; this book is the answer.

This book takes the traditional nursery rhymes and gives it Christian inspirational messages and meanings. Great Nursery Rhyme Book

The classic nursery rhymes with a Christian twist. This books is full of words and pictures. This is a book that every Christian parent and grandparent should have in their collection.

I would have given 5 stars...but I thought the book should have been illustrated in color through-out (it switches back and forth from color to black and white.) Still...all the illustrations are delightful!

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall / Humpty Dumpty had a great fall / Humpty Dumpty shouted "Amen! Jesus can put me together again!" -- This is, unfortunately, quite literally the caliber of material you can expect from this poorly thought out re-imagining of timeless nursery rhymes. Condescending and bland, most often the rhyming is very dubious if indeed it rhymes at all. See quote. It's more likely something your children will forget fast, since the imagination (and RHYME) in the original is completely gone and gutted with no replacement.
There are much better Christian children's books if those are what you're after, and there's always the original with its famed whimsy. Encourage imagination. Don't smother it at first sight.
I would rather receive an ancient crate of knockoff Precious Moments figurines that smell faintly of cat pee. In other words, no thank you.

This book of Christian nursery rhymes is awesome. It is absolutely inspiring how well known rhymes were transformed to instill a Christian point of view. This is a wonderful way to plant early Christian seeds into young hearts and minds. A terrific gift to give your children and/or grandchildren.

This is a great book. Im really glad i deiced to get this for my 2 year old daughter. "Old King Cole was a merry old soul and a merry old soul was he. He called for the Lord to save his soul and he called for his fiddlers three...."

What a great book for young children! I have "The Christian Mother Goose Volume 1" which my son loved as a child! If I had known this book was available I would have bought it too!!! Buy it...your children or grandchildren will love it!! Anyone out there know a publisher? If so, encourage them to have any and all of The Christian Mother Goose series put back into print.

I found this book while randomly browsing amazon, and I must say, I'm disgusted with the thought. If you don't like the mild darkness implied in the nursery rhymes, then simply don't read them to your kids! There's no need to mangle classic rhymes -- I see that approach as disrespectful to the originals.

since when do we wnat to fill our kids' heads with stories that hte world is kind and gentle. just by reading the summary of this book i am disgusted. classic nursery rhymes serve a purpose for children and to change them into sickingly sweet poems is a diservice and a disgrace.