The Inner City Mother Goose
Eve Merriam, Lawrence Ratzkin
Paperback
(Touchstone, Nov. 10, 1969)
White softcover, 72 pages, about 70 original poems based on classic nursery rhymes. *** Fantastic artwork, graphics and b/w photos by Lawrence Ratzkin. *** The best book of its type ever published. Eve Merriam's brilliant, poignant African American and inner city versions of well known nursery rhymes.