My Very First Mother Goose
AuthorIona Opie (editor)
IllustratorRosemary Wells
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published1996 (Candlewick Press, Massachusetts)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages107
ISBN9781564026200
OCLC34115486

My Very First Mother Goose is a 1996 children's picture book by Iona Opie. It is a collection of sixty-eight nursery rhymes, chosen by Opie from the Mother Goose oeuvre, and illustrated by Rosemary Wells.

Reception

The School Library Journal wrote "Such a spirit of fun and pleasure emanates from every page of this big, handsome volume that although there are many distinguished entries in the nursery-rhyme book field, this one is sure to add special joy to any collection."[1] Kirkus Reviews concluded "There's little point in pretending that even prodigious collections of nursery rhymes can do without this one--it's a must."[2] and Publishers Weekly in a star review called it an "exuberant anthology" and wrote " A collaboration that both freshens and preserves the past, this volume deserves a prominent place not just in the nursery room but on the shelves of all who treasure illustrated books."[3]

While discussing various Mother Goose books, Horn Book called My First Mother Goose a "lap-friendly charmer" and "a fine place to begin,"[4] Parents' Choice awarded it a 1996 Gold Award and stated "The rhythmical mixture makes a generous volume distinctive; it's simultaneously pungent, sweet and salty. Rosemary Wells' watercolors have uproarious good humor and unfailing tenderness."[5]

It is a 1997 American Library Association Notable Children's Book,[6] and also appears on an Association for Library Service to Children Book List.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "My very first Mother Goose". www.buffalolib.org. Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "My Very First Mother Goose". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 September 1996. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "My Very First Mother Goose". www.publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. 2 September 1996. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Joanna Rudge Long (1 January 2008). "How to Choose a Goose: What Makes a Good Mother Goose?". The Horn Book Magazine. Media Source Inc. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ↑ John Cech (1996). "My First Mother Goose". www.parents-choice.org. Parents' Choice Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "My Very First Mother Goose". ala.org. American Library Association. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Books to Grow On". ala.org. Association for Library Service to Children. April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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