The Mother Goose Book

Mother Goose requires no introduction. The rhymes are the beloved heritage of all English-speaking people, handed down from grownups to children for hundreds of years. In this lavishly, elegantly illustrated edition of Mother Goose, Alice and Martin Provensen have provided an extensive collection that should delight children – and parents – for years to come. They have gone back to the traditional style of Mother Goose illustration popular in the late nineteenth century, adding their own sense of design and color to provide a visual feast.

Through grouping rhymes by subject matter, the Provensens have achieved an interesting, fresh arrangement of text and illustration, which they have embellished with considerable humor and originality of layout. Among the more than 150 rhymes are the traditional favorites that must be in any collection, plus many delightful, less familiar verses that both adults and children will enjoy hearing for perhaps the first time