The Real Mother Goose [Hardcover]

Blanche Fisher Wright (Author), Blanche Fish Wright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Real Mother Goose

For nearly a century, The Real Mother Goose® has delighted young children!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This might have been your Mother Goose book when you were young ... or maybe even your great-grandmother's! The Real Mother Goose has been teaching children traditional nursery rhymes since 1916, when the first edition of the book was published; since then, five million copies have been sold in the United States. The cover's familiar black-and-white checkerboard border is still here, as are Blanche Fisher Wright's delicate, old-fashioned illustrations. You'll find more than 200 Mother Goose rhymes, supplemented by an alphabetical list of first lines to help you locate your favorites. This 80th-anniversary edition of the quintessential old-fashioned Mother Goose book has a clothbound cover and reinforced binding to last through several children--and possibly their children. (Ages 2 to 6) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel; First edition (October 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590225170
• ISBN-13: 978-0590225175
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Literature > Poetry > General
  • #10 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Baby-3 > Nursery Rhymes > General
  • #43 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Version Of The World's Coolest Ryhmes, September 22, 2005

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Notnadia (Currently upstairs.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Real Mother Goose (Hardcover)

This was probably the first title in my life that I designated my favoite book. Around age three this is the book I'd want read to me OVER and OVER. It got to the point where my parents or Grandma would bribe me into letting them read me something else, but, nope, I stuck to my guns and this was the one I wanted. Although by four I knew every rhyme here by heart, I loved hearing them read to me, those magically connecting syllables that were dubbed "rhymes". I also fell in love with the cover on this edition, that witch-looking old lady in the archaic clothes, and several times per session I'd ask whoever was reading to me to stop so I could look at the cover. Then I'd lean as close as I could and peer at the bright colors that surrounded the drab, leering figures. I can remember time and time again getting The Real Mother Goose down to lie flat on the floor and stare at the cover and then examine the pictures inside. It was great stuff!

In retrospect, this book was my first literary love and I still have my copy today. I can't believe anyone would ever have anything but gushing praise for these funny-sounding old words welded into rhymes that speak of olden times. As for me, I still love them all and STILL find myself staring at the somehow macabre cover illustration! This book is just plain awesome.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite piece of my childhood., April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Real Mother Goose (Hardcover)

I still have this book from when I was a child. It has been read a hundred times over and is the best Nursery Rhyme/Mother Goose I have read. The pictures of an old-world quality that should make anyone smile. The rhymes are a delightful mix of popular with the not-so popular. It is a classic.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Mother Goose, February 4, 2000

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Alice A. Pickel - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Real Mother Goose Board Book (Board book)

This is the perfect first book to read with baby. Every nursery rhyme is included, and some more. The pictures are delightfully traditional and colorful. Little babies love the black and white checkered cover. I am buying one for my first grandchild. Enjoy!