Dan Yaccarino uses his colorful, stylized illustrations to add a 1950s style urban edge to 34 classic Mother Goose rhymes. "Tom Tom, the piper's son" sits on the windowsill of his apartment looking the part of a beatnik dressed all in black with a beret and sunglasses. Jack Sprat and his wife sit in a restaurant booth, served by a waitress with a tall beehive. Yaccarino also creates a somewhat multicultural cast of characters, something that I've found to be rare in traditional Mother More...

Dan Yaccarino's delightful, stylish illustrations make this citified Mother Goose a solid selection to entertain small children and their parents. The pretty maids all in a row are wearing uniforms and holding brooms and dusters; the mouse in "Hickory Dickory Dock" is jumping off the clock and about to land in a sleeping man's mouth. A fun book to read aloud to children from 2-6."

CIP: "Traditional Mother Goose rhymes set in the city, such as when Mary's litt More...

Classic Mother Goose with fantastic mod illustrations!!

CIP/Summary:Traditional Mother Goose rhymes set in the city, such as when Mary's Little Lamb hails a cab to follow her to school.

Yaccarino's modern, stylized illustrations update the traditional nursery rhymes by adding bright colors and a twentieth century urban setting. This is a fun read for ages 3-7.


Favorably reviewed in SLJ.

Pretty Slick! Updates the old and boring mother goose...love the colors and illustrations style