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The Rooster Crows : A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles [Hardcover]

Maud Petersham (Author, Illustrator), Miska Petersham (Author, Illustrator)
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March 1, 1969
Here is part of America's heritage -- gay verses beautifully illustrated by famous artists. "The rooster crows and away he goes", pictured on the jacket, is only one of these well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other jingles beloved by American children for generations. They come from collections all over America, so you may find some that are new as well as your own favorites.

"Mother, may I go out to swim", "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear", "Roses are red, violets are blue", all are here, each one charmingly illustrated to make this an outstanding picture book. An American Mother Goose for every child's library.


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American rhymes and jingles are the focus of this Caldecott Medal-winner. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

From Chapter Rhymes and Jingles

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

Had a wife and couldn't keep her.

He put her in a pumpkin shell

And there he kept her very well.

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

Patty-cake, patty-cake, Baker's man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Roll it up and roll it up.

And put it in the pan.

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider and sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Copyright © 1945 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Copyright © renewed 1973 by Miska F. Petersham


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (March 1, 1969)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0027731006
  • ISBN-13: 978-0027731002
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #716,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Famous and not-so-famous rhymes, many uniquely American., May 12, 1999
A very nice collection of rhymes for children, most of which are uniquely American. This is not only a nice little book for children and for the serious student of children literature (it won the 1946 Caldecott Medal for best illustration in a book for children), it is also a source of Americana.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Peas with Honey, November 8, 2001
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This review is from: The Rooster Crows : A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (Hardcover)
This book was the staple of my rocking chair reading as a child, and it spurred my imagination in a dozen ways. First my mother read them to me, then the book became my own. Thirty years since I last pressed my face to its pages, I raised it with my Creative Writing students this morning in modeling a poetry exercise about how words first impact our lives. There is something other-worldly about the illustrations here, too -- surreal perhaps, even unsettling in the way the best art is. I don't pretend that the verse or the images are cutting edge, or high art, but there is in them something wonderfully off-kilter, and soothing at the same time.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful collection, June 14, 2000
I love this book and enjoy reading it to my daughter. She loves it, because she has a sense of reading, having memorized many of the verses. It is a wonderful collection of children's rhymes and verses. I feel a real continuity between my own childhood and my daughter's by sharing these with her, as my own mother and grandmother shared these same rhymes with me. A treasure to keep.
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