My Very First Mother Goose
Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells
Leather Bound
(Easton Press, March 15, 2013)
"If you buy one book to your favorite child or young-at-heart reader, let it be this one." New York Times Book Review This is a limited Easton Press edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR, IOLA OPIE, AND ILLUSTRATOR, ROSEMARY WELLS. It is recognized as one of the most beautiful children's book ever published, a wonderful addition to any collection or gift for a special child. Bound in blue leather and inlaid with a rather famous illustration by Wells of Mother Goose with a child under each wing, The pages are thick and the ends of each page are gilded gold. The front and back inside covers are lined with brown satin and a gold-colored satin ribbon is attached to the book as a page marker. Many of the most famous and best-loved nursery rhymes we all grew up with are in here, from "Hey Diddle Diddle" to "Jack Be Nimble". This is an edition to pass down through generations.