Hurry Hurry Mary Dear

At the direction of her lazy husband, elderly Mary must make preparations for the winter months in a frenzied crescendo of activity - bottling fruit, oiling snowshoes, pickling vegetables, chopping firewood and salting hams. Erik Blevgad's glorious watercolours perfectly capture Bodecker's unique wordplay. We see Mary becoming redder faced and more dishevelled with every task completed, until her exasperation at her husband's orders spill over into delightful revenge at the end of the story.

A hilarious nonsense rhyme by N. M. Bodecker, a much-loved writer who won wide critical acclaim & a devoted audience during his lifetime. Now this poem has been illustrated in full color by Erik Blegvad, the only person besides himself that he would allow to interpret his work. Poor Mary is the person who must make all the preparations for winter in a frenzied crescendo of activity -- Churn the butter, smoke the hams, can the tomatoes, put up jams” -- leading up to a very funny ending. Illuminated by Bodecker's rare imagination, his glorious sense of the absurd, & his firsthand knowledge of country living, all beautifully matched by Blegvad's wondrous watercolor paintings This is a book to delight young readers & their elders again & again.” Reinf. bind.

A collection of light and humorous poems.

There is a special kind of quiet every household knows we hear it in our sleep the first night it snows In her first book written for beginning readers, Charlotte Zolotow's poetry evokes -- with her signature warmth and insight -- the highlights and emotions of a child's year. Erik Blegvad's drawings masterfully portray the scenes of nature, family, friendship, and solitude.

A woman frantically rushes to prepare for the fast-approaching winter while her husband sits idly by.

After getting caught in Miss Jaster's spring planting, Hedgie the hedgehog discovers he has become a four-legged, walking flower garden. Originally published in 1972, "Miss Jaster's Garden" is a "New York Times" Best Illustrated Children's Book. Full color.

More of the Danish author's nonsense rhymes complete with his own drawings.