This is the same book (same version, same publishing year) that was gifted to me when I was seven-years-old and I am pumped to have found it.
When I was a child, adults did not read to children like we do now because adults and children lived mostly separate lives, coming together for meals, church, chores (but only if children needed help while we learned to do our chores), and that was about it because adults were busy and we children didn’t want to hang out with adults! We read on our own for entertainment. Especially in second and third grades, I spent hours every day reading the rhymes, laughing, and examining the illustrations in this book. I loved it so much that 55 years later, remembering its specific illustrations is what helped me identify the version I'd owned.
I’ve been looking for this specific version for years, but now that I have grandchildren, I stepped-up my efforts. Although some of my daughter’s friends stridently disapprove of Mother Goose, as an historian, I disagree with them entirely and put my daughter on notice that my grandchildren would also enjoy Mother Goose rhymes and illustrations, just as I did, both of my children did, and as my son enjoyed my reading Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to him. They are important as they pass on understanding of historical cultural and literary references, provide insight into historical class and cultural differences and issues, and they are entertaining. As long as each of the rhymes are introduced at ages they can be explained to children, children are not damaged by them in any way.
This version has many more rhymes than contemporary versions contain, and a number of them are antiquated, which makes me love the book that much more. As an adult, some of the rhymes amuse me so much I laugh out-loud. The rhymes that are inappropriate by contemporary cultural standards and those that poke fun at the rich and class conflicts are the ones that really amuse me.
The book is as described, arrived in good condition, and arrived in a timely manner, all for a fair price. I am very satisfied.
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