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Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose
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Scott Gustafson (Goodreads Author)
From nonsense to lessons learned, these 45 rhymes include the very well known (Itsy Bitsy Spider) and the somewhat familiar (Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen). The truly fantastic pictures speak more than a thousand words as artist Scott Gustafson riffs in paint on themes present and imagined in each verse.
Nursery rhymes are classic, and so are some of the artist's interpr...more
Nursery rhymes are classic, and so are some of the artist's interpr...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
September 1st 2007
by Greenwich Workshop Press
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Title: Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose
Author: Scott Gustafson
Publisher: Greenwich Workshop Press, 100 pp, 2007
Format: Picture Book (Mother Goose)
Intended Audience: Children, ages 4 to 8
Description:
Enjoy a collection of 45 of your favorite nursery rhymes from Mother Goose. From Humpty Dumpty to Three Blind Mice, all of your favorites are brought to life with vivid illustrations by Scott Gustafson.
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Author: Scott Gustafson
Publisher: Greenwich Workshop Press, 100 pp, 2007
Format: Picture Book (Mother Goose)
Intended Audience: Children, ages 4 to 8
Description:
Enjoy a collection of 45 of your favorite nursery rhymes from Mother Goose. From Humpty Dumpty to Three Blind Mice, all of your favorites are brought to life with vivid illustrations by Scott Gustafson.
Personal Review:
I have to be honest tha...more
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Very rarely do I come across a book of nursery rhymes that I actually like. Since I first learned most of them through the spoken word and not a book, I have a certain image cemented in my head of EXACTLY how that nursery rhyme should look. This almost always leads to disappointment, because I want everything to have that enchanted quality that's going on in my head, and it hardly every happens.
This book comes pretty close to perfect for me. I love the large, classical illustrati...more
This book comes pretty close to perfect for me. I love the large, classical illustrati...more
Scott Gustafson's detailed illustrations bring something new to the simple verse of Mother Goose. Some illustrations will delight young children with their humor: his Jack and Jill tumbling down the hill are a pair of well-dressed pigs, while his King of Hearts is very comically unhappy when that naughty Knave steals his tarts. Other illustrations are reminiscent of the aesthetic sensibilities of Arthur Rackham ( a delicately detailed and more realistic Under a Hill) and N. C. Wyeth or Audrey Wo...more
Just as gorgeous as Jenn said! This is a sumptuous oversize book, with thick paper, bright colors, and full-page paintings featuring animals (Yankee Doodle is a chipmunk!) and children of various ethnicities. Definitely warrants further study, especially as Scott Gustafson lists influences such as N.C. Wyeth, Arthur Rackham, Norman Rockwell, and Maxfield Parrish (favorites of mine, too!).
This book is beautiful! We originally checked it out from the library, but then Santa brought it to Andrew for Christmas because we loved it so much. The illustrations are just gorgeous on the huge pages. We can sit through a whole reading of this book, which is quite a feat of attention span for an 18-month-old.
WONDERFUL illustrations. I absolutely loved reading these to my little girl and she loved the pictures. Not only did it bring me up to speed on all the nursery rhymes I didn't know, but the illustrations will stay with me forever. This is on my list of books to buy.
I am very fond of this book as my mum read it to me as a bed time story, i also like the ugly duckling,she also read this to my brother as well. I guess thats why i have such a fondnness for ducks and geese.
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Summary: A collection of 45 Mother Goose rhymes.
Review: The bright, colorful illustrations in this collection of Mother Goose rhymes will delight any child - and many adults as well. The anthology includes many familiar rhymes as well as some that were completely unfamiliar to me. There were also a few verses of songs such as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" that I had never heard before. Take a whimsical voyage with this lovely tome.
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Summary: A collection of 45 Mother Goose rhymes.
Review: The bright, colorful illustrations in this collection of Mother Goose rhymes will delight any child - and many adults as well. The anthology includes many familiar rhymes as well as some that were completely unfamiliar to me. There were also a few verses of songs such as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" that I had never heard before. Take a whimsical voyage with this lovely tome.
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Georgeous illustrations of classic nursery rhymes. Everyone needs a book of the traditional rhymes--in my opinion the illustrator tips the scale to this one.
Mommy Farris
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I love every picture Scott Gustafson has ever done. I love nursery rhymes. I love children's books. It is no surprise then that I LOVE this book.
Once again we love Scott Gustafson! His artwork is beautiful. My children love this book and want to look at the pictures all the time.
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This is a handsome collection of MG Nursery Rhymes but they are a bit dry. Still, children will like to hear them. Hint, a bit of acting helps liven them up.
Megan
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This edition of Mother Goose has the best illustrations I've seen!
Large illustrations - great for storytime!
Mother Goose rymes with beautiful illistrations!
Scott Gustafson's art is so vivid. I love it.
This collection of 45 Mother Goose rhymes includes an index organized by the first line in the rhyme. With large pages, both the words and illustrations are easy for young children to see. Beautiful acrylic paint illustrations bring the rhymes to life and make this book (though maybe not at all once) perfect for a read aloud.
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I really enjoyed this book, although it was just a review of nursery rhymes that I remenber from childhood. It is a great book to use when teaching students about poetry anf rhymes; and also good for bedtime stories. The artwork in this book was amazing!
Gustafson's art work is incredible--detailed and prosaic. I had to get this version.
This is the best nursery rhyme book ever! The illustrations are incredible.
Currently one of my favorite Mother Goose books ever!
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Scott Gustafson has had the opportunity to illustrate a number of archetypal children’s books such as Peter Pan, Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose, Nutcracker, and Classic Fairy Tales (The Greenwich Workshop Press). Recently, he has tried his hand at writing and illustrating, and his first novel, Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe, was recently released by Simon & Schuster Books for ...more
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