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Mother Hubbard's Christmas

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"Mother Hubbard's Christmas", by John O'Brien, and illustrated by John O'Brien. Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 1996.
This book is really written for the sophisticated child or for an adult. If you recall your Mother Goose rhymes, you will laugh at the various outcomes, the strange actions that the dog takes.
"She poured him a cup
Of holiday cheer
But when she looked up
He was riding a deer".

Not a reindeer, but a deer. This fractured version of the ordinary nursery rhyme caused my seven year old granddaughter to constantly giggle, but my young grandson (only three years' old), was constantly asking, "Why is the dog blue?" and "Why are the Christmas Trees blue?" Certainly, this book was not addressed to someone so young, but it is difficult to read a book and exclude any of the near by children.

I only assigned three stars, because this book is a little too cute and a little too sophisticated, and aimed, I think, more at the adults who listen when the book is read aloud. Perhaps I prefer my trees the traditional green...