Big Book of Mother Goose

by Alice Schlesinger

Grosset & Dunlap,1975 printing.Illustrated by Alice Schlesinger.

Genres: Picture Books

26 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1977

Reviews

[Matthew James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wee Willie Winkie decided to go run through the town and decided to go run upstairs and downstairs in his warm and toasty nightgown pajamas and decided to go rap at the window and decided to cry “Are the children all in bed? For now it’s eight o’l clock,” through the door keyhole lock when he decided to make too certain and too sure that all the children were located in their beds at 8:00 p.m., that night. He did it before he went to bed and had his bedtime within his bedroom, that night. The poem, Wee Willie Winkie was based on the theme part of a child that had been refusing to sleep, even though it was bedtime. The little boy was starting to cooperate with getting ready for the beautiful moonlit night in his warm night suit nightgown pajamas, but still had been there to remain out of bed. He ran across the town at 8:00 p.m., not listening to his mother who was tired of trying to tuck him in while he had been there to make too certain and too sure that all the children were located in their beds at 8:00 p.m., that night.

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

The illustrations have that cutesy vintage vibe (and reminds me of Eloise Wilkins' style a bit), but the book itself kind of sucks. The formatting of the pages is bad -- though most rhymes are titled there's a page on which two randomly are not. It just looks really unprofessional in general, like somebody just threw them together. I also don't like the versions of many of them -- such as the one about what little girls and boys are made of. There's also a rhyme in which "etc." is put in, which really lazy.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went to a baby shower awhile back that gave riddles about the nursery rhymes and you were supposed to guess which one it was. I didn't know them very well. It was fun to read through many I do know and many I don't. I did realize a lot of children are getting whipped in these nursery rhymes. I read more verses in the Jack and Jill rhyme and even poor Jill gets blamed for Jacks injury and gets whipped.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful illustrations - bright, vivid colors with quaint, old fashioned pictures. Contains many favorite Mother Goose rhymes.