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11 Reviews
Gorgeous, heavy hardbound reprint of the classic 1916 edition with full-color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. Features more than 300 traditional rhymes. What a deal!
Hardback
Read Aloud Levels: Preschool - 3
Read Alone Levels: 1 - 3
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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11 Reviews
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by Rhonda J. on 2007-09-14
I do not like Mother Goose--I am admittedly biased. I've tried not to let that bias rub off on my kids, but it probably has. I would have rated this one lower, but it is historical and there is something educational in that. My 2 children did not like this book. My oldest one did appreciate 2 or 3 of the poems and want to reread those each time. Most of the poems are very hard to understand. Many of the poems are downright mean, and the ones that aren't are ununderstandably nonsensical. I've heard about the studies that kids who learn Mother Goose are supposed to be advanced, but I find that hard to believe.
by Texanna H. on 2008-04-01
Not a favorite here. I try to read the more fun ones, and leave the "wierd" ones.
by LISA W on 2008-12-16
I do not like this book! I tried to like it but just could not. I thought the poems were strange at the very least and many of them did not make any sense and more importantly a lot of them just send the wrong message to our children - e.g. The Bird Scarer. I did not read this one to my children, but if I had I would then have to get into a discussion about guns and then explain why it is wrong to shoot birds or anything for that matter. I would not recommend this book.
by Kathy A. on 2008-04-01
Our family loves this reprint of the 1916 edition with color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. We have enjoyed using this book in our homeschool for the past three years.
by Laurie beth K. on 2008-04-01
I never realized how strange these poems were or what they meant as a child. We frequently skipped this one. I think the Mother Goose we do in K is more than sufficient.
by Dana W. on 2007-07-03
Skipped this one, read the ones I knew were not "weird" but ended up skipping most of the book. Some morbid poams.
by ELISSA C on 2008-06-06
We find ourselves commenting at the end of many of the poems "that's not very nice". We are going to skip this book and find another book of poems to read to our youngest child.
by JENNY R on 2008-06-08
The only reason I gave it one star (instead of zero) was because there was the occasional poem that I recognised from my childhood, and then I finally had all the words to it. Otherwise, the kids did not really like or understand a lot of the poems. I liked the other K poetry book far more.(The llama who had no pyjama)
by CHRISTIE B on 2008-09-19
not big poetry fans here i guess, we have this one and the one from core b. some are favs of my daughter but for me the reader i do not like this book. we do read through them though and mark our favs, we did this last yr in the other mother goose book also. we go back and reread those only
christie
by LINDA S on 2008-04-10
Mixed review here. Basically, my dd enjoys many of the poems, and I have concern about the meanings of many poems. The POSITIVE: Contains excellent poems/sayings, Many poems have been passed down through the generations, Colorful pictures that spur imagination, Learning of older customs & Old English words/expressions. NEGATIVE: Possible origins & the meaning of a lot of poems/sayings very negative in nature. The flip side of the negative is that dd & I discuss what & why something is not right & then the reversal of what would make it good.
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