{"product_id":"half-for-you-and-half-for-me-book-katherine-govier-9781770502123","title":"Half for You and Half for Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHalf for you and half for me Between us two shall goodwill be. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here is a nursery rhyme book to entertain both adult and child as they read together. The classic rhymes are side by side with annotations about their backstories: Who was Wee Willie Winkie? Did live blackbirds really fly out of a pie? Was Humpty Dumpty a person -- or a clumsy cannon? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When she was small, Katherine Govier tucked in close to her mother's side to listen to nursery rhymes. Later she read them to her own children, and now she has returned to reading them with her mother, who can no longer see well enough to read the pages of their nearly hundred-year-old \u003ci\u003eMother Goose\u003c\/i\u003e book. Still, her mother can recite the words. What is the magic and what is the meaning of these rhymes that stay in our heads for a lifetime? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The answers are here. Some rhymes describe historical events and some are just plain nonsense. Some of the oldest rhymes were never intended for the nursery, but for the street -- where they came to life as popular judgments on events of the day. In \u003ci\u003eHalf for You and Half for Me\u003c\/i\u003e, the author breaks the codes of these nursery rhymes in accessible, amusing explanations. She also adds some classic Canadiana, including a poem by star children's poet Dennis Lee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Commissioned illustrations make this book full of color to draw in the eye. Charming vintage drawings also pepper the text, firmly rooting the rhymes in their historical context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHalf for You and Half for Me\u003c\/i\u003e will engage, delight, entertain and inform younger and older readers alike, and aims to be that favourite title that is pulled off the family shelf again and again. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49503933825297,"sku":"GOR010510833","price":3.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50468997038353,"sku":"GOR013791047","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1770502122.jpg?v=1751279217","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/half-for-you-and-half-for-me-book-katherine-govier-9781770502123","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}