My First Mother Goose

by Lisa McCue (Illustrator)

book

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Poetry

Board Book

Published August 1, 1999

About the author

I was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Tappan, NY when I was 4. As early as I can remember, teachers were telling me that my drawings should be in children’s books. While in high school I was given the assignment to write a paper describing a day in my life 25 years into the future. I described myself as married with 2 children, working in my studio overlooking the ocean and designing greeting cards with a dog at my feet. I must have had a crystal ball that day. The only difference is I look out at the Chesapeake Bay, not the ocean.

I illustrated my first children’s book while in college. Acclaimed Dutch author Loek Kessels saw my portfolio, and asked me to illustrate for her. Now nearly 30 years later, I am still illustrating children’s books as well as greeting cards.

I love my work! It is so much fun to bring my characters to life, one brush stroke at a time. My sons laugh at the way I act out all of the emotions by making the facial expressions of my characters while I draw. Click on my picture to the left to see what my sneaky boys caught on tape.

When I am not drawing you will most likely find me on the water racing our sailboat or in the Mountains skiing. I love to read, sew, and bead. I am also very involved in fundraising for ALS.

Reviews

[James]

This Mother Goose collection features some of the best-loved nursery rhymes, including “Little Boy Blue,” “Hey Diddle Diddle,” “Wee Willie Winkie,” “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” “To Market, To Market,” “Pease Porridge Hot,” “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe,” “Hickety, Pickety,” and “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross”. And with a handle on the book that’s perfect for little hands, this book can be taken anywhere your child travels.

[Emma Lively · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a classic for young children and to have in their home libraries. This book is a fun and memorable introduction to nursery rhymes and can inspire the rhyming concept and idea of poetry as well to young children.

[Addie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute. 22 month old and I really enjoyed this one. I loved the illustrations.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a complete Mother Goose collection; it only contains a handful of the rhymes, but its a great beginning collection. All of my kids have loves this at around age 3; Max requests this often and has many of the rhymes memorized.