My Mother Goose Library Boxed Set: My Very First Mother Goose/Here Come Mother Goose [Hardcover]

Iona Opie (Editor), Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)

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World folklore authority Iona Opie and beloved picture book illustrator Rosemary Wells (Max's Bedtime, Max's Bath, and many more) teamed up for two absolutely fantastic award-winning Mother Goose collections, My Very First Mother Goose and Here Comes Mother Goose. Brimming over with lilting, jaunty, giddy, and sweet rhymes, and awash in adorable watercolors of a veritable menagerie of critters, from guinea pigs to cats to the omnipresent goose herself, these hardcover companion volumes are now available in a handsomely illustrated box set, featuring a mischievously frolicking Ma Goose with a few of her furry and feathered friends. Don't let another child grow up without learning by heart the traditional verses about Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, and Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Don't shirk your parental duty: these beautiful, playful books should be a necessity in every family! (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Hardcover: 108 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763611778
• ISBN-13: 978-0763611774
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 10.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,439,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious Goose!, March 23, 2001

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Esme R. Codell "planetesme.com" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Mother Goose Library Boxed Set: My Very First Mother Goose/Here Come Mother Goose (Hardcover)

Wow! ... is collection had ALL the Mother Goose Rhymes that I remembered, and then some! The oversized format and bold pictures, all featuring sweet and funny animals playing nursery rhyme roles, will visually delight both the lucky listeners and the grown-ups sharing this treasury! I have been buying this set for EVERY expectant mother I know, it's a great shower gift (especially combined with Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook). I know I was so grateful to have a good Mother Goose collection when I was a new mommy, it's surprising how many you forget once you leave kindergarten. My son, who is now six, loves this book (I like that BOYS are made of sugar and spice and everything nice in this edition...I think a little liberty may have been taken there, but as a mom of a son, I won't argue!). I am grateful to the Opies and to Rosemary Wells for compiling a collection in such a way that is true to the original rhymes yet appealing to children in our century!

As far as I'm concerened, the only egg this goose lays is a golden one!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book, November 22, 2000

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T.W. - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Mother Goose Library Boxed Set: My Very First Mother Goose/Here Come Mother Goose (Hardcover)

My Mother Goose Library is a book that people see on the shelf and they buy it for their kids. The illustrations are beautiful and my five year old daughter loved it! She also loved having her own personalized Mother Goose book from Personalized Books USA-(http://www.personalizedbooksusa.com)

Tanique Wilis, NYC

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Books, December 12, 2001

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"naphax" (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Mother Goose Library Boxed Set: My Very First Mother Goose/Here Come Mother Goose (Hardcover)

I have two toddlers, and we have been reading both of these books at least twice a day for a year. My two year old has both books memorized and my one year old knows quite a few of the verses. I am also buying this for every expectant mother that I know. My husband wasn't fond of Mother Goose at first, but these books have turned him into a fan.