Books with title The Tall Book of Mother Goose

Mother Goose finds herself on trial! She is accused of bringing harm to the characters in her stories so she can gain profit and fame from the retelling of their tales. The prosecuting attorney is the Big Bad Wolf and the jury is made up of characters from her stories who are bringing the charges against her! Add to this an unsympathetic judge, played by a Wise Old Owl, and the Goose is in trouble! Mother Goose is defended by a soft spoken bear, who has a hard time convincing the jury that there is more to the stories than the violence that occasionally appears in them. Things look bad for the Goose until the defense finds themes weaving through her stories by cross-examining the characters of her nursery rhymes.

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Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale. He attended the best schools and studied law before embarking on a career in government service. He took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. When the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was founded in 1663, Perrault was appointed its secretary by its founder Jean Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. In 1695, when he was 67, he lost his post as secretary. He decided to dedicate himself to his children and published Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé (Tales and Stories of the Past With Morals) (1697), with the subtitle: Les Contes de Ma Mère l'Oie (Tales of Mother Goose). Its publication made him suddenly widelyknown beyond his own circles and marked the beginnings of a new literary genre, the fairy tale. He is best known for: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty) and Le Maître Chat ou le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots).

An illustrated collection of fifty-seven traditional rhymes arranged under such categories as "Animal Friends," "Boys & Girls," and "Riddles & Games." Also includes music for the songs and a glossary explaining the origins of some of the best-known rhymes.An illustrated collection of fifty-seven traditional rhymes includes music and is arranged under such categories as animal friends, boys and girls, and riddles and games