Books with title Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes RestoredAbout the BookPublished 1880By Gordon, Elizabeth, 1866-1922A collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes."The undeniable charms of the simple rhymes of Mother Goose have made them the constant and enduring favorites of the young and the young-at-heart for countless generations. Often a child's introduction to the world of literature, Mother Goose has had a rather checkered career - the rhymes have been interpreted and reinterpreted as each new literary of psychological trend catches the fancy of illustrators, writers, and critics. But there has been no finer interpretation of these rhymes than the artwork of the Victorian illustrator, Kate Greenaway."This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. We uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally restore the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This recreation of Walter Crane’s 19th Century book of nursery rhymes is packed with rhymes, riddles, alphabets, and rhyming stories, and illustrated with 300 original illustrations Sir John Gilbert, R.A., John Tenniel, Harrison Weir, Walter Crane, W. Mcconnell, J. B. Zwecker, “And Others.” Children and adults alike will delight in these traditionasl, classic nursery rhymes and songs. Young children will learn their alphabet as they enjoy these rhymes. Preserving and republishing this, and similar, nursery rhyme collections helps to preserve the literary and cultural heritage of the English-speaking world, which should never be allowed to sink into obscurity. The history and culture of England are the history and culture of many throughout the world, and should always be cherished. Parents, grandparents, older siblings, and care-givers can do few things better than to encourage young children to read, and to give them words of quality to read; Mother Goose’s timeless nursery rhymes will feed the imaginations of the children who hear and read them. Nursery rhymes and illustrations appear in their original order, on their original page numbers, but the arrangement of some illustrations with the rhymes the accompany may not be as they were arranged in the original. Also, the index of first lines has been moved to the end of the book. Nursery rhymes that were acceptable for children of the 19th Century might prove confusing or unsettling for children of the 21st Century, so far removed in tiome from the manners and issues of that time; parents are encouraged to read these rhymes with their children.

A journey to the world of Mother Goose treasury has never been so bright and fascinating! Introduce your child to the lovely patterns of the famous English classics and enjoy the lively characters and their exciting adventures of the world-known nursery rhymes.Discover the splendor of the wonderful world of the English children’s folklore nursery rhymes for kids through the magic window of the delightful and detailed full-spread illustrations by a renowned children’s book artist. Enter the magnificent realm of Mother Goose rhymes with its exciting characters, places, and lands! Relive your sweet and special childhood moments by reading these nursery rhymes classics to your children Have fun with such world-known nursery classics as One Misty, Moisty Morning; One, Two, Three, Four, Five; Little Jack Horner; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, and many others Make a wonderful gift to a kid’s library Collect other titles from MAGE Illustrated Children’s Classics Collection including Rudyard Kipling’s short stories Order this book and have a thrill!