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Other Goose: Re-Nurseried!! and Re-Rhymed!! Childrens Classics
It's Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, Jack Be Nimble, Miss Muffet, Little Boy Blue, and more, like you've never seen them before! Renowned artist J.otto Seibold re-nursuries and re-rhymes over the Mother Goose classics in this must-have collection. Featuring recurring characters and an ending that brings everyone back for a showstopping finale, this book is the most fun dear...more
Hardcover, 80 pages
Published
September 22nd 2010
by Chronicle Books
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I wanted to like this, but the poetry is very weak. The poetry is changed just for the sake of change--the new versions aren't always clever, either intrinsically or as parodies on the originals. The 're-rhyming' seems to have spoiled some perfectly good rhymes and left poorly rhymed poems with no rhythm to speak of. For example:
Compared to the original:
Why sing a song of sixpence?
That money doesn't make sense.
And who puts blackbirds in a pie?
I really have to wonder why.
Compared to the original:
Sing a song of sixpence,...more
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This review first appeared on my blog: http://jewelknits.blogspot.com/2010/1...
I was lucky enough to win this book as part of a children's book prize package from Debbie's World of Books. Before I could get the books catalogued and put away for Christmas presents for the Grandbebes, Bebe Boy James saw them. AND he took two of them for himself, including this one!
BUT the grandbebes were all visiting yesterday, and they wanted Gigi Storytime, so James brought this book out for us. Grandbebes' ages...more
I was lucky enough to win this book as part of a children's book prize package from Debbie's World of Books. Before I could get the books catalogued and put away for Christmas presents for the Grandbebes, Bebe Boy James saw them. AND he took two of them for himself, including this one!
BUT the grandbebes were all visiting yesterday, and they wanted Gigi Storytime, so James brought this book out for us. Grandbebes' ages...more
Seibold also wrote and illustrated Olive the Other Reindeer. Seibold used spray-painted backgrounds for the first time in Other Goose. Other Goose pens an introduction correcting some 'facts' on Mother Goose and laying out the book's premise.
In the first rhyme, Humpty Dumpty goes to the mall. Instead of breaking himself, he breaks a shoe. Another rhyme is turned into "Jack B. Nimble, the name did stick. Over the candle, over the wick, Jack be famous for this trick."
New word of the day: clarinete...more
In the first rhyme, Humpty Dumpty goes to the mall. Instead of breaking himself, he breaks a shoe. Another rhyme is turned into "Jack B. Nimble, the name did stick. Over the candle, over the wick, Jack be famous for this trick."
New word of the day: clarinete...more
I'm a big fan of J. Otto Seibold's Olive, the Other Reindeer, so I knew I had to get my hands on this one!
The artwork is typical Seibold-quirky cuttouts that almost look like mosaics with odd characters and places. The pictures are bright and colorful and fun to look at.
The rhymes on the other hand were a little lacking. I think I was hoping for something more along the lines of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's Squids Will Be Squids and The Stinky Cheese Man. Some of the rhymes are cute, but not a...more
The artwork is typical Seibold-quirky cuttouts that almost look like mosaics with odd characters and places. The pictures are bright and colorful and fun to look at.
The rhymes on the other hand were a little lacking. I think I was hoping for something more along the lines of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's Squids Will Be Squids and The Stinky Cheese Man. Some of the rhymes are cute, but not a...more
This is just not my book. The art doesn't appeal to me & I think the rhymes are kind of lame. Saved from one star because the bad pun in Hickory Dickory Clock made me smile:
Hickory Dickory Clock
The mice ran up in a flock
The clock struck one;
the rest had fun.
Hickory Dickory clock.
Hickory Dickory Clock
The mice ran up in a flock
The clock struck one;
the rest had fun.
Hickory Dickory clock.
A clever idea, but the execution is only okay. It's certainly not as good as Scieszka's "Stinky Cheese Man."
Because the opening makes a big deal about rhyming, it's very disappointing that the rhymes are so bad, with such "on paper" rhymes as "again" and "bargain" that will confuse kids about the nature of a rhyme.
"Simon" and "rhyming"...not even "rhymin'", which would haev worked. Forced rhymes like "tuba" and "Aruba" further weaken the book...how many kids will know or care where Aruba is?
The...more
Because the opening makes a big deal about rhyming, it's very disappointing that the rhymes are so bad, with such "on paper" rhymes as "again" and "bargain" that will confuse kids about the nature of a rhyme.
"Simon" and "rhyming"...not even "rhymin'", which would haev worked. Forced rhymes like "tuba" and "Aruba" further weaken the book...how many kids will know or care where Aruba is?
The...more
J. otto S., he of the duck-lipped ducks and airbrushed Day-Glo backgrounds, has found himself a Bob stick, so to speak, and, after an exhausting, obstacle-filled chase involving a cart full of chickens and a couple rolling racks of fur coats and a big pane of glass, has caught up to Mother Goose at the bottom of Lombard Street and just GONE to TOWN on the kindly old hag. Tickled her senseless with that big ol' Bob stick.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/201...
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/201...
I like the format of this book, and several of the remixed fairy tales were good. The illustrations are very bright and vivid, but some of the tales lacked. I think that for the younger set, they will enjoy the book, but may not get all the nuances.
Really fun, but certainly the child must have a fairly good background knowledge of fairy tales before really being able to enjoy this one.
Really fun, but certainly the child must have a fairly good background knowledge of fairy tales before really being able to enjoy this one.
Seibold would like us to forget Mother Goose, her rhymes are out-dated and she's not even a real goose (gasp!). So, with help from Other Goose, an actual goose, readers are presented with modern, quirky, re-rhymed poems. The presentation of the text and graphics are bright, big, and busy...which I find fun but I can see it being over-stimulating for some.
Fun book!
Fun book!
I just couldn't get into this one. I do like the end when all the rhymes are compiled into a "1-2, buckle my shoe" rhyme, but the rest of the book falls short for me. The illustrations remind me of Ren and Stimpy, and I really dislike that show, so maybe it's all in my head. 2 stars.
This is a comical variation of the Mother Goose poems. At first glance I thought the illustrations were a bit much, but they are fun as you read the poems. however, I fear they would not be good for children with sensory issues as they are over-stimulating
These were pretty hilarious, but you would need familiarity with how the poems originally go to enjoy it. The illustrations are modern and busy, almost in an abstract pablo picasso way with distorted features and angles. Very bright book.
This will be lots of fun for students who know nursery rhymes. For those who don't... they will need to learn the originals before finding the joy in these! Great artwork. Lots to look at!
This is a pretty fun nursery rhyme book. The illustrations are modern and eye catching and the poems themselves are cute, funny and all around good for kids.
The rhymes were clever, but the illustrations were a little to weird for my taste. Bo Peep kind of looked like a crack addict.
Not my favorite of his, but I do still love the artwork, and a couple of the rhymes made me grin :D
Mother goose rhymes paired with annotated mother goose, paired with other goose
Absurdist, joyous, modern, hilarious! We love it!
The mother goose Rhymes done a little different
Mother Goose gets a modern update with catchy new rhymes and J. Otto Seibold's outlandish illustrations.
Favorite nursery rhymes that have been "re-nurseried" and "re-rhymed" and illusted by Seibold. Made me smile quite a few times. Best to share aloud with a class and then let students re-read on their own to really enjoy the illustrations.
Nursery Rhymes with fun twists for older students. I.e.- "Of Egg and Accidents. Fried, Tried and Justified!
Probably not the best for read-aloud but rather for an older student to sit and read. Great illustrations too.
Probably not the best for read-aloud but rather for an older student to sit and read. Great illustrations too.
Currently reading this with Cali. Humorous and I love the illustrations.
I enjoyed Seibold's art as much as ever, but the poems didn't really grab me. I certainly can't imagine any of them becoming popular on their own.
Library copy
Library copy
Apr 25, 2013
Karyn The Pirate
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Shelves:
a-read-in-2013,
storytime-picture-books
Apr 11, 2013
Marvspaxyahoo.com
marked it as to-read
Feb 25, 2013
Robert DuPuy
marked it as to-read
Feb 23, 2013
Lana Martinez
marked it as to-read
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