Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes

by Anonymous (Illustrator), Wendy Edelson (Illustrator), Krista Brauckmann-Towns (Illustrator)

A selection of Mother Goose rhymes including "Handy Pandy", "Pat-a-Cake", "Come Out To Play" and many more.

Genres: Childrens, Poetry, Nursery Rhymes, Fiction, Classics, Picture Books

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Clara Jane Isch]

A tricky review! Some would call this a high-variance rhyme book. Some were quite good, and others awful!

[KaitandMaddie]

A few were new to me, but reading it I was struck by how kids today don’t memorize things like this as often. I think we simply had fewer books to choose from so I reread constantly as a child and easily committed poems to memory. My kids read pretty constantly but know almost nothing by memory.

I saw a reviewer felt like the illustrations were padding out the length but to be honest I found them very helpful for explaining old fashioned words and items from the poems. Maddie noted how so many of them were about farming or how they helped you remember things like how many months in a day and were practical.

[Kristen]

We spilt the reading of this book over the course of several days to fill in some extra time during lunchtime read alouds.

It was fun to read through them with my elementary aged children. I got to share those that my own mom read to me when I was little and they got to share the ones they remembered me sharing previously.

This is a good edition. Easy to read - large print - bright and colorful illustrations.

[Vincent]

Many new rhymes (or I don't recall them) and some good old favorites from my youth. Nico is starting to be aware of his surroundings, holding his head, making more facial expressions and definitely looking at the pages. I read to him during smiles and cranky crying. Something tells me I will read this book several times in the next few years. Thank you to Catherine Lewer, a client of Buttonwood's, for such a lovely illustrated treasure. I look forward to hearing Nico read them to me some day in the future.

[Elnara Browers]

Summary:
Collection of famous rhymes for children.
Genre: poetry
Mentor text trait:
Organization: rhyme; word choice: funny combinations which not always make sense; voice (singing, some were adapted into children's songs)
Classroom application: Read aloud
Reading level: grades K-3, BL 4.5

[Rubi Salinas]

Truly enjoyed reading through it! Brought back good memories.

[Theresa]

Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes
Berrett, Lisa
bedtime stories based on Mother Goose rhymes

[Lily]

Kids love it. Large selection.

[Kimmy]

The book is beautiful with cute and sometimes silly illustrations. The kids and I enjoyed reading the rhymes together each night before bed.

[Vanessa Westen]

Very kid friendly version of the Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

[Ashley Parker]

simply loved this book as a child :)