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Mother Goose in Prose

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Maxfield Parrish black and white drawings complement L. Frank (Oz) Baum's expanded versions of the Mother Goose tales. Includes his versions of Sing a Song o' Sixpence, Little Boy Blue, Cat and the Fiddle, Old King Cole, Mistress Mary, Jack Horner, Man in the Moon, the Jolly Miller, Hickory Dickory Dock, Little Bo-Peep, Tommy Tucker, Tom the Piper's Son, Humpty Dumpty, The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, LIttle Miss Muffet, and others. 1986 introducyion by Patricia Barrett Perkins. 265 pages.

Publisher's description is incredibly misleading. This edition (ISBN: 1603128336) does NOT contain the original Maxfield Parrish illustrations. In fact, it contains NO llustrations. The reason there is no cover image on the product page is because there is no cover to speak of: just a plain blue cloth cover. Beyond disappointing!

Actor Robin Field reads the first book by the author of The Wonderful 'Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), published in 1897. As the 'father of four sons, he often amused his children with stories based on 'nursery rhymes. He was soon persuaded to write them, and the first 'edition was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The 'rhymes-turned-into-stories include: Sing a Song of Sixpence * The Story 'of Little Boy Blue * The Cat and the Fiddle * The Black Sheep * Old 'King Cole * Mistress Mary * The Wond'rous Wise Man * What Jack Horner 'Did * The Man in the Moon * The Jolly Miller * The Little Man and His 'Little Gun * Hickory, Dickory, Dock * Little Bo-Peep * The Story of 'Tommy Tucker * Pussy-Cat Mew * How the Beggars Came to Town * Tom, the 'Piper's Son * Humpty Dumpty * The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe * Little 'Miss Muffet * Three Wise Men of Gotham * Little Bun Rabbit. NOTE: 'These stories are suitable for all ages. The reading is nearly five 'hours on four Audio CDs.