Mother Goose's Little Treasures by Opie Iona

Mother Goose's Little Treasures by Opie Iona

From the far reaches of shared memory come these charming but little-known nursery rhymes, mysterious tidbits of lore brought back to shining life by the shared talents of the two most beloved Mother Goose treasurers, Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells. Open these pages and discover Mrs Whirly the Fish Fryer, the Wee Melodie Man and many other wild and wonderful characters.

This is, without a doubt, the mother of all rhyme booksThe Sunday Telegraph on My Very First Mother Goose

Iona Opie is considered to be the world's leading expert on children's lore and literature, and has edited many acclaimed books including I Saw Esau, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Speaking of Mother Goose's Little Treasures, she says that the rhymes are the most mysterious fragments from our shared memory: long-ago laughter of little meaning and echoes of ancient spells. She lives in Hampshire. Rosemary Wells is a well-loved and prolific creator of picture books with a career that spans more than thirty years, with books including the famed Mother Goose anthologies and Felix and the Worrier (9780744598322). She lives in Connecticut, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781406310245
ISBN 10	1406310247
Title	Mother Goose's Little Treasures
Author	Opie Iona
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Walker Books Ltd
Year published	2007-10-01
Number of pages	56
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