Other editions of book The Real Mother Goose - Illustrated w/Table of Contents

This might have been your Mother Goose book when you were young ... or maybe even your great-grandmother's! The Real Mother Goose has been teaching children traditional nursery rhymes since 1916, when the first edition of the book was published; since then, five million copies have been sold in the United States.You'll find more than 300 Mother Goose rhymes, as well as over 100 illustrations with a full, working table of contents and a format designed specifically with the Kindle in mind!

Little Bo-PeepLittle Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,and dreamt she heard them bleating;but when she awoke, she found it a joke,for they were still a-fleeting.Then up she took her little crook,determined for to find them;she found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,for they'd left their tails behind them.Little Bo-PeepLittle Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,and dreamt she heard them bleating;but when she awoke, she found it a joke,for they were still a-fleeting.It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did strayinto a meadow hard by,there she espied their tails side by side,all hung on a tree to dry.Little Bo-PeepLittle Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,and dreamt she heard them bleating;but when she awoke, she found it a joke,for they were still a-fleeting.She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,and over the hillocks went rambling,and tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,to tack each again to its lambkin.

For more than seventy-five years THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE has been delighting millions of children, and today the magic is as strong as ever. Heralded as the "standard" Mother Goose by parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians, this wonderful book with Blanche Fisher Wright's lively, colorful pictures makes an enchanting introduction for the very young.Mother Goose rhymes are a vital part of childhood. And this collection of essential rhymes have been reproduced exactly as they have been repeated from generation to generation.