Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason (Paperback)

by Mother Goose (Author), Wallace Tripp (Editor)

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Product Description
A selection of Mother Goose rhymes including "Old King Cole," "Jack Be Nimble," and many other well- and lesser-known verses. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) (December 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316852848
• ISBN-13: 978-0316852845
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #451,707 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Rhymes, Great pictures, Great puns, January 5, 2000

By	Ted Pack (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason (Hardcover)

This is a book for the nursery rhyme set that erudite parents will enjoy as well. It has one or two standards (some not so standard) per page, cleverly illustrated with a wide range of the cutest anthropomorphic animals since Walt Kelly's "Pogo". The rhymes and pictures alone would make it a three-star book, a good standard collection. But there's more. Mr. Tripp has his animals make little asides, much like the penguin in "Oliphant", and scatters sight gags liberally throughout his illustrations.

For "Higglety-pigglety, my black hen, she lays eggs for gentlemen", for instance, a happy bear admires the hen and says "egg-squisite".

A list of four dozen contestants at a pie eating contest includes "Sally Forth" and "Robin Banks".

Scattered about the clouds for "There was an old woman tossed on a blanket" are a pretty complete set of milestones from aviation history; spitfire, sopwith camel, X-1, mercury capsule, and a fellow with a dozen swans in a silken harness.

I was glad I bought the hardcover edition; the paperback would have worn out.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Nursery Rhyme Books out there, November 14, 2006

By	Andrew Thomas "Andy Thomas" (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason (Hardcover)

My Grandparents bought this book for me when I was born. Even when I was very small, nursery rhymes had little interest for me. However, the illustrations in this book always held me riveted. Unfortunately, that book was lost in a move at some point. Now that I have a boy of my own, I'm buying a copy of it for him.

If you want your child(ren) to be prolific readers, the first step is buying books with detailed, interesting illustrations. This is a great place to start. I highly recommend it.