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My First Little Mother Goose
Small readers meet Jack Sprat, Humpty Dumpty, Mother Hubbard, and all the traditional Mother Goose favorites in this sweetly-illustrated first collection of rhymes.
23 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1996
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May 19, 2018
It's been so long that I had nearly forgotten about the Mother Goose Rhymes.
I only raised an eyebrow on some of the rhymes (there's one rhyme/story to each page with art). The first was the one about the porridge and how some like to wait until it's been in the pot for nine days. That doesn't sound safe... Then again, I know nothing about porridge, so maybe it's like wine?
The next one is the one about the old woman living under the hill. It just made me feel like that Nicholas Cage meme (You don't say!) when it goes on to say that if she hasn't moved, she still lives there. LoL
The final one that made me raise an eyebrow was the one about Little Bo-Peep who had lost her sheep. Reason being, instead of the rhyme saying that she kept looking for her lost sheep, it says that she went home and waited for them to return by themselves. She sounds like a horrible shepherdess.
Kinda cute, though. I don't remember ever hearing or reading some of these before.
I only raised an eyebrow on some of the rhymes (there's one rhyme/story to each page with art). The first was the one about the porridge and how some like to wait until it's been in the pot for nine days. That doesn't sound safe... Then again, I know nothing about porridge, so maybe it's like wine?
The next one is the one about the old woman living under the hill. It just made me feel like that Nicholas Cage meme (You don't say!) when it goes on to say that if she hasn't moved, she still lives there. LoL
The final one that made me raise an eyebrow was the one about Little Bo-Peep who had lost her sheep. Reason being, instead of the rhyme saying that she kept looking for her lost sheep, it says that she went home and waited for them to return by themselves. She sounds like a horrible shepherdess.
Kinda cute, though. I don't remember ever hearing or reading some of these before.
December 5, 2021
My First Little Mother Goose is a collection of nursery rhymes, folklore, and poems. It includes “Little Boy Blue,” “Humpty Dumpty,” “The Muffin Man,” and “Little Bo Peep.” This book was published by Golden Books Publishing Company. It was illustrated by Lucinda McQueen. The genre is folklore. This book could also be considered poetry. The intended audience of this book is children aged two to five. Unfortunately, I was unable to find out if this book received any awards. I think this book is very appealing to young readers. The most appealing aspect of this book would be McQueen’s illustrations. Although these illustrations are simple, they are very beautiful. McQueen uses soft, pastel colors. I think that young readers will enjoy the different animals that appear throughout the book. Another appealing aspect of this book would be the language. The words and phrases are very simple, so young readers will be able to understand, or even read, the stories. Most of the stories rhyme and have rhythm. Therefore, readers could sing these verses. Many children would enjoy the ability to sing these verses. This was one of my favorite parts of this book when I was younger. For these reasons, I gave this book a five-star review.
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March 11, 2023This little book has such cute illustrations! It quickly became a favorite of my littles.
July 19, 2023
The illustrations in this are absolutely adorable!
February 4, 2015
Kaitlyn Ramirez:
My First Little Mother Goose
Illustrated By: Lucinda McQueen
This Nursery rhyme book has all the very first poems that I was read to at a young age so it brought me down memory lane re-reading them again. Each nursery rhyme tells a different story and involves animal characters. This is what you see in most nursery rhymes is that the characters are replaced with animals and I think they do that because young children who read them will get more out of it and will want to continue to read knowing that there are different animals in each one. Most of the illustrations I noticed took place in outside and I thought that was a change for once. Going along with the illustrations the illustrator used bright colors such as green, pink, purple, and blue, yellow. As learned in class these colors represent signs of happiness, warmth, joy, energy. I could tell as reading the expressions on the characters faces, they represented on how they felt and it was almost like I was one of them and I could put myself in their positions and dance along with them.
The text of the nursery rhymes was written horizontal which also represented peace and calm. I liked how the text was kept simple but yet meaningful to those who read it. When looking at the cover I automatically knew that this book was going to show a relationship between a mother and child and I thought that was really sweet. Even with the mother goose on the front cover you can tell she is a well-like character and the children really look up to her as a role model or even a mother as their own. Mother goose nursery rhymes would be a good first lesson to introduce when I start teaching. I think almost any child could relate and they would already have had a little pre-exposer to the poems.
Going back to the text of the nursery rhymes, the tone throughout all the poems is sincere and soothing all at once. I say soothing because most poems are read around bedtime and are meant to relax a child and these poems did just that. I almost felt more connected with the tone of the poems then I did when I read My First Little Mother Goose when I was little, I think the more you read something even at an older age theirs more of a connection you get each time. I also think you learn more to and are engaged a lot more than usual. I spotted some figurative language like metaphors for example were used, personification was given in the form of Humpty Dumpty. He was an egg who fell off a wall and I laughed because it nice to see a change in giving something like an egg human qualities and treat him like a human. Examples of metaphors were “All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put humpty dumpty together again.” Overall I thought My First Little Mother Goose nursery rhyme poems brought back memories for me and really hope I’ll be able to teach them to my children someday and learn more from the poems like I did this time.
My First Little Mother Goose
Illustrated By: Lucinda McQueen
This Nursery rhyme book has all the very first poems that I was read to at a young age so it brought me down memory lane re-reading them again. Each nursery rhyme tells a different story and involves animal characters. This is what you see in most nursery rhymes is that the characters are replaced with animals and I think they do that because young children who read them will get more out of it and will want to continue to read knowing that there are different animals in each one. Most of the illustrations I noticed took place in outside and I thought that was a change for once. Going along with the illustrations the illustrator used bright colors such as green, pink, purple, and blue, yellow. As learned in class these colors represent signs of happiness, warmth, joy, energy. I could tell as reading the expressions on the characters faces, they represented on how they felt and it was almost like I was one of them and I could put myself in their positions and dance along with them.
The text of the nursery rhymes was written horizontal which also represented peace and calm. I liked how the text was kept simple but yet meaningful to those who read it. When looking at the cover I automatically knew that this book was going to show a relationship between a mother and child and I thought that was really sweet. Even with the mother goose on the front cover you can tell she is a well-like character and the children really look up to her as a role model or even a mother as their own. Mother goose nursery rhymes would be a good first lesson to introduce when I start teaching. I think almost any child could relate and they would already have had a little pre-exposer to the poems.
Going back to the text of the nursery rhymes, the tone throughout all the poems is sincere and soothing all at once. I say soothing because most poems are read around bedtime and are meant to relax a child and these poems did just that. I almost felt more connected with the tone of the poems then I did when I read My First Little Mother Goose when I was little, I think the more you read something even at an older age theirs more of a connection you get each time. I also think you learn more to and are engaged a lot more than usual. I spotted some figurative language like metaphors for example were used, personification was given in the form of Humpty Dumpty. He was an egg who fell off a wall and I laughed because it nice to see a change in giving something like an egg human qualities and treat him like a human. Examples of metaphors were “All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put humpty dumpty together again.” Overall I thought My First Little Mother Goose nursery rhyme poems brought back memories for me and really hope I’ll be able to teach them to my children someday and learn more from the poems like I did this time.
August 26, 2011
A favourite of my nearly 2 year old, one of the few that holds her attention all the way to the end. Cute pictures of different animals to accompany these classic nursery rhymes. Nothing spectacular but an enjoyable enough book to read to a precious little one.
April 8, 2010
I was given this for my second Christmas. I used to love this tiny book. One mother goose rhyme per page with colorful illustrations.
March 16, 2014
'I want to see the Egg in a coat'
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