The Rebus Treasury

by Jean Marzollo, Carol Devine Carson

Forty-one well-known songs and nursery rhymes in rebus form

Genres: Nursery Rhymes

Paperback

First published March 31, 1986

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

[Mother Goose Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Includes introduction of how to read a rebus rhyme. Each nursery rhyme fills the entire page with text and pictures. The pictures used for the rebus were created using both rubber stamped images (created from 19th century engravings and 20th century drawings) and original colored pencil drawings. An end note explains a brief history of the rebus. A fun read together.

[SJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Half of the book is made up of songs and when I sing them to my 2 month old he smiles. The book itself isn't super colorful as far as images go, but he'll watch me turn the pages to each song and stare at the page as I sing. It's cute.