Animal Tales From Mother Goose

Easy-to-read text with full-color illustrations present a collection of perennial Mother Goose favorites.

Nursery Rhymes are beloved by children everywhere. Animal Tales from Mother Goose passes down the tradition of folklore while entertaining and teaching with all of Mother Goose's beloved animal characters. The beautifully illustrated series is a wonderful addition to your folklore collection. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades P-4.

Includes several well-known nursery tales and poems.

Three popular tales are accompanied by a selection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

IPPY Award Winner From nonsense to lessons learned, these 45 rhymes include the very well known (Itsy Bitsy Spider) and the somewhat familiar (Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen). The truly fantastic pictures speak more than a thousand words as artist Scott Gustafson riffs in paint on themes present and imagined in each verse. Nursery rhymes are classic, and so are some of the artist's interpretations. But other paintings are surprises, like an anthropomorphic baking bear, a pelican sea captain, and Peter Piper as a pug on two legs. Welcome to a world where "There Was a Crooked Man" is not about a hunchbacked senior but rather a madcap, double-jointed dandy who might be "crooked" in more ways than one. Jack (Be Nimble) is a leaping cricket and Yankee Doodle a fun-loving chipmunk on a fullsize horse. Scott Gustafson's unique style, influenced by legendary book illustrators Arthur Rackham and N. C. Wyeth, makes this a volume to be treasured by children and illustrated-book lovers of all ages.

This book is about the feathered and furry friends that have lived on Reilly's "Summer Seat" Farm. Their amusing antics have delighted children and adults who have come to fee and pet them over the years. We hope you enjoy these stories about our favorite animal friends - the ones that have touched our hearts and left a lasting impression. - Mimi, Ryan and Katie

Simple nursery rhymes about animals.

Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard, " "I'm a Little Teapot, " and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, " accompanied by illustrations of various animals.