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Marguerite De Angeli's Book of Nursery & Mother Goose Rhymes

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Beautifully illustrated, this book contains the most complete and most traditional versions of virtually every Mother Goose nursery rhyme. No politically correct rewrites here! This is a wonderful must-have book for anyone with children. This has been a much loved book in our house for two generations. Find this book if you can. Thanks. Best Wishes.

This was the nursery rhyme book I grew up with, and today, more than half a century later, I still spend time with it. It has lost both its covers and several pages are scribbled on with gold crayon, but I will never throw it away. Every grandmother or grandfather should give a copy to his or her newborn grandchild, and every mother and father should read the poems aloud to him or her from day one.

Not only does this book have all the old favorites, but it also has many I'd never heard before, even having been raised in a family of avid readers. But what really makes this book is de Angeli's illustrations. They're charming and filled with funny details. Every single page has at least one. Some are black and white sketches, others full color paintings.

As a child my mother used to read us the nursery rhymes from Marguerite de Angeli's BOOK OF NURSERY AND MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. I remember trying to memorize "This is the house that Jack built" just so that I could say it as fast as my mother could. As years passed life changed and I went through a lot of rough times. But this book can always take me back to that time when life was wonderful. I am happy to be able to share this book with my children now. The rhymes are wonderful and the illustrations are marvelous!!! It took me almost 18 years to get my hands back on this book and I will never let it go again...

I had this book growing up, but gave it away without thinking of the child I may one day have. So when that day happened I went in search for the book, I love the book with all the nursery rhymes that you remember from your child hood.

The seller of this book advertised it as new, but when it arrived it was obvious that it was not new. The back cover was torn, the edges were stained, and the cover was creased. I returned the book and was reimbursed for the book but paid for shipping and return shipping. I was very disappointed with this transaction.

My daughter loved this book and read from it every night to her children. She lost all of her children's books in a fire and this was the first one she wanted replaced. The ilustrations are beautiful.