Tomie's Little Mother Goose

by Iona Opie and Tomie dePaola

Book Overview

This board book of classic nursery rhymes introduces children to the magic of Mother Goose Heartwarming illustrations and over 24 traditional rhymes and verses -- taken from the classic versions --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399231544
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 0.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Beware of nursery rhymes with racial overtones

I recommend any book written/illustrated by Tomie dePaola. His illustrations are always wonderful and you can be sure that it is a good quality children's book. I especially recommend reading nursery rhymes as early as possible to children. Hearing and learning nursery rhymes helps children develop cognitive and verbal skills.Nursery rhymes have value in their historic nature, but we would find some to be outdated and even racial in nature. I was disappointed to find that some of these nursery rhymes with racial overtones are included in this book; I certainly won't read them to my child. For instance, "Baa, baa, black sheep" includes the word "master" and "See-saw, Margery Daw" goes "Jacky shall have a new master; Jacky shall have but a penny a day, Because he can't work any faster." Parents, please read all of the nursery rhymes yourself before reading to your children, and be sure to note which ones, if any, you find offensive so that sitters and others will not read them.

Tomie's Little Mother Goose

A happy mix of picture and rhyme. Babies especially love the repetitive rhythms. Very popular with 8 to 12 month old "readers".