Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose (2025)

dePaola's folk art style lends itself well to Mother Goose. I love how her little cottage is on the back cover! A worthy edition of nursery rhymes to keep in a little one's library.

"There were once two cats of Kilkenny.
Each thought there was one cat too many;
So they fought and they fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails,
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren't any."

—Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, P. 47

Who better than Tomie dePaola to provide classic artistic renderings of Mother Goose nursery rhymes? That's this book from beginning to end, Mother Goose rhymes accompanied by dePaola's colorful illustrations. Some of the poems are iconic, while others will be familiar only to scholars. You'll hear a song of sixpence, meet Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and take a tour of famous proverbs, as well as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard. You'll see Little Boy Blue—a favorite nursery rhyme of mine—and chuckle at the antics of Jack Sprat and his pleasingly plump wife. Mother Goose can be more fun than you might remember.

"There was a crooked man,
And he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence
Against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat,
Which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together
In a little crooked house."

—Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, P. 24

There's Simple Simon and the pieman, and Little Bo-peep and her wandering flock of sheep. Merry old soul King Cole makes an appearance, of course, richly garbed and smiling radiantly in the vibrant illustration. Several of the book's rhymes differ from the versions most children are taught, including This Little Piggy. In and out among treasured classics and forgotten verses weaves Tomie dePaola, bringing them to life in his own special style. Longer poems are given full-page drawings replete with energy and color. There are a few rhymes with meaning that runs deeper than just humor. Word flow is inconsistent, and many of the poems are odd or don't make linear sense, but there's something to be said for enjoying stories your great-grandparents and beyond are likely to have read during their childhood.

"A wise old owl sat in an oak,
The more he heard the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?"

—Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, P. 48

I like Mother Goose nursery rhymes, but my favorite part of Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose is his drawings. So loving, so warm, so comforting for kids who have been around his stories from before they learned to walk. This compilation is different from most of Tomie dePaola's works, but spending time in any of his books is a pleasure. I give Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose one and a half stars, and though the rhymes are nothing new, the illustrations add dimension to these classic bits of children's lit. If you're a Tomie dePaola fan, you shouldn't neglect to add this to your reading list.

"The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine.
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And fortune said it should be you."

—Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, P. 67

dePaola, Tomie. Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose. (1985). I am huge fan of Tomi dePaola's art, which is why I chose this version of Mother Goose. dePaola chose the rhymes included in the book, and illustrated them on a grid form, creating a very clean and organized pages. His drawings have a folk art quality to them making them perfect for Mother Goose. In addition, they depict the humor and silliness of the rhymes. All the illustrations are brightly colored and cheerful, inviting young children and readers to want and sit with the book and gaze at them. The book includes all the classic rhymes, from the title's namesake, Old Mother Hubbard, the Old woman who lives in a shoe, and many, many more. There are also a few I was unfamiliar with, like St. Dunstan who pulls the devil by his nose, and an old woman who is tossed up in basket to brush the cobwebs off the sky. I would recommend this book for children from Preschool to fifth grade.

Well now I get it, mother goose was dark

dePaola, Tomie. Mother Goose (1985).
In this 127 page compendium of traditional rhymes and poems based on the versions of Iona and Peter Opie, Caldecott Honor Book award winner dePaola fills each page with his large and uniquely drawn illustrations of both well-known and lesser-known stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. As the book is without titles for each story, readers must use the illustrations on the pages or the index of first lines to find each tale in this comprehensive collection. Hardback with sturdy, glossy pages.

DePaola, Tomie. My First Mother Goose (1985). Award-winner author and illustrator, Tomie DePaola published such a classic Mother Goose book. I love reading Mother Goose books! It takes me back to childhood. The front cover of this board book depicts a colorful drawn picture that is attractive in capturing children’s attention. With 12 Mother Goose rhymes, children are bound to enjoy this book reading “Humpty Dumpty”, “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, “Rub-a-Dub-Dub”, and Little Miss Muffet” and among others. Illustrations are vibrant with watercolor paintings that are clear with clean and precise lines. The pictures and text work well together to make the content more understandable and concrete for young children. Target audience: Ages 3-9.

This book brings back all the classic mother goose nursery rhymes and is beautifully illustrated.
-This book would be ideal for K-3
-Storytime
-all students can benefit from the entertainment value of this book.
-This book is perfect for both small group reading and for whole class room.
-Nursery Rhymes
-There is multiple books, movies, and tv shows about mother goose.

Humpty Dumpty/Humpty Alexander Dumpty is a normal human-sized old man egg. In the 1990 North American hand-drawn animated musical Cinar and Little Golden Book episode video, The Real Story Of Humpty Dumpty, he sat on a wall and had a great fall and all the King’s horses and all the King’s men could not put him together again. Before he was up on the wall, he saved Princess Allegra from Glitch the witch and the witch’s poison custard pie then became the hero for the King’s kingdom after he started his journey to the palace by running away to the palace that was so very deeper from the farm that belonged to Farmer Dumpty the fair light white skin old man peasant farmer. There, he was called a freak by the hens and the chickens in Farmer Dumpty’s henhouse then Farmer Dumpty told him not to mind the hens and the chickens and that it was just that he was different because something meant that he had to look kinda like the foolish Ugly Duckling. Everyone with-on the farm laughed at him, and he ran away, but he had grown into the handsome swan admired by everyone located around when he came back. The story began not too many moons ago. Glitch’s street-smart cat, Scratch was working for her because she turned out to be the well-known one poor excuse to have for a witch. She told Scratch that there was a blue-colored moon in the night sky and that she can only get at Allegra when there was a blue-colored moon. She then also said that Allegra would not be located around much longer once she fed her the poison custard pie. She checked her recipe for the poison custard pie then saw that it needed three fresh eggs in a wicked spell. If Humpty was not around to save Princess Allegra from Glitch and her poison custard pie, she would die by the time she would eat the poison custard pie. The point was that Glitch decided to poison the princess with the help of the poison custard pie because she did not want the princess around no more. Then in the 1987 North American real-live-action musical Wee Sing episode movie, Wee Sing King Cole’s Party, Humpty got put back together again, and he greeted Mary the beautifulest and loveliest younger cutie girl that owned the little lamb, and her buddies, Jack and Jill the sibling children that fell down the hill while they were fetching the pail of water, and their friend, Little Boy Blue the child shepherd that loved sleeping under his haystack and blew within his golden horn really loud in order to get his golden horn to help him call his dairy cows and his sheep in whenever they wandered off and found the Farmer in the Dell (Sam A. Mowrey) to watch over his dairy cows and his sheep while he was gone who were heading for Old King Cole’s party in Old King Cole’s castle located in London, England in order to join Old King Cole the royal merry old soul king and his very good wife, the queen and their trumpeter and their servants and their subjects and their guests and their fiddlers three for the biggest celebration in order to celebrate the well-known 100 years of peace throughout the King’s whole kingdom. Mary made the white wool mittens all by herself from her very own lamb’s wool, and Jill brought her top favorite kitten because her pet mother cat had kittens, and Jack brought his warm yellow blanket that turned out to be his top favorite thing in the planet Earth world on the planet, Earth that he thought he would not give way up ever, and Little Boy Blue brought his golden horn that he somehow used to help him call his dairy cows and his sheep in whenever they wandered off until he found the Farmer in the Dell (Sam A. Mowrey) to watch over his dairy cows and his sheep while he was gone so that he’d keep an uh, you have to watch them every minute, you know, and Dweedle the quacking duck that turned out to be the leader of the Six Little Ducks sent the finest and soft and light feather that he somehow ever grew on his back during the Six Little Ducks song, and the Crooked Man sent his crooked and shiny and bright sixpence coin that he found upon the crooked stile during the There Was A Crooked Man song, and Humpty got Mary and her friends to the party on time with a magic word called “Please.” Then after Mary and her friends gave their gifts to the king, the king thanked them all for the greatest of gifts that were given from the heart because they made him get to feel like the king, and then he told the guests and the servants and the subjects to let the big dance begin. Mary and her friends, Jack and Jill and Little Boy Blue sang and danced at the party of their lives for there would not be the well-known other one like that for 100 years, then after the party, they went home because Humpty saw to that. The king kept their presents because he would have traded everything on the table for the gifts that the children gave from their hearts. In the 1991 North American real-live-action musical Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode video, Melody Magic In Toyland, the sequel episode movie to the 1990 North American real-live-action musical Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode video, Melody Magic In Musicland, the movie with the Chopsticks song and the This Old Man song and the Little Miss Muffet song and the The Itsy Bitsy Spider song and the Row Row Row Your Boat song and the The More We Get Together song and the Little Bo Peep/Three Little Kittens/Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone? medley song and the Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Song Gone? song and the You’ve Got To Sing When Your Spirit Says Sing song and the Melody Magic song, Humpty was Josh’s Mother Goose toy, and he was with his very good friends, Old King Cole the royal merry old soul king and the Cat With The Fiddle Violin. They felt too surprised and too shocked to see that Josh was too old to play with them and they explained this to Melody Magic (Dina Murray/Dina James) who brought them to life within normal human-size with her magic dust through the We’ve Got Big, Big Trouble song and their brand-new friend, Josh’s computer (Liam Macintosh) that sang and danced and performed the I’m A Computer song in order to teach Melody and her friends everything about computer technologies on computers. Then Melody introduced the computer to her friends. Old King Cole sang the Be True To Your Heart song in order to teach us how to look true to much about our hearts and look very all-heart. Looking very all-heart is Old King Cole’s way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. The cat sang the I’m A Cool Cat song in order to teach us how to count and look kinda like cool cats. Choosing to look kinda like the cool cat is the cat’s great way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. Humpty decided to sing the I’m A Good Egg song on his wall when he decided to teach everyone much about how to look kinda like good egg friends. He was the main singer when he sat on the wall and the two flowers that grew by his wall were the back singers. They worked together to sing the I’m A Good Egg song in order to teach us how to look kinda like good egg friends. Choosing to look kinda like the good egg is Humpty’s great way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. Then after the song, Humpty had a great fall with a very loud crash that woke Josh up. Josh was so surprised and too very shocked to see Humpty in pieces and he wanted to know much about how Melody and Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole got to his bedroom. They had to find a way to save Humpty, and they found a way to save Humpty. It was Josh’s computer (Liam Macintosh). The five friends worked together to save Humpty, then Humpty got right up again when he was all put back together again, thanks to Josh and the computer. Humpty thanked the computer for saving his life then the computer said that it was nothing and Melody told the computer that saving Humpty’s life was important and she then also told the computer that he was really a good egg at heart. Then Melody sang the Everybody Needs A Friend song to show Josh and her friends and the computer what it means to be put in need of a friend to tell their troubles to. That had to look kinda like Melody’s great way to have friends. Then after the song, Melody shook hands with Josh and she then Josh hugged each other and Humpty and the computer and the cat and Old King Cole felt grateful for Melody for saving Josh. Josh asked Melody if he was awake, then Melody told him that it was only a dream. She gave Josh a kiss because she loved him and then she then the computer and their friends were back to where they should be. Then in the next morning, Josh’s mom (Babe Hack) woke him up for breakfast time, then Josh told his mom that he wanted to keep Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole, then his mom was too glad that he wanted to keep his old friends and they hugged each other with happiness joy thanks to Melody saving Josh all the way within the journey from looking too old for Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole with the help of Humpty and the cat and the computer and Old King Cole. Humpty Dumpty/Humpty Alexander Dumpty had to look kinda like my responsibility to save Princess Allegra from Glitch the witch and the witch’s poison custard pie within The Real Story Of Humpty Dumpty (1990) and he had to look kinda like my responsibility to take Mary and Jack and Jill and Little Boy Blue to Old King Cole’s party in Old King Cole’s castle located in London, England in Wee Sing King Cole’s Party (1987) and he had to look kinda like my responsibility to have good egg friends in Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along Melody Magic In Toyland (1991) then he had to look kinda like my top favorite main reason why I like the royal fairytale castle soldier horses over and over again.

Humpty Dumpty/Humpty Alexander Dumpty is a normal human-sized old man egg. In the 1990 North American hand-drawn animated musical Cinar And Little Golden Book episode video, The Real Story Of Humpty Dumpty, he sat on a wall and had a great fall and all the King’s horses and all the King’s men could not put him together again. Before he was up on the wall, he saved Princess Allegra from Glitch the witch and the witch’s poison custard pie then became the hero for the King’s kingdom after he started his journey to the palace by running away to the palace that was so very deeper from the farm that belonged to Farmer Dumpty the fair light white skin old man peasant farmer. There, he was called a freak by the hens and the chickens in Farmer Dumpty’s henhouse then Farmer Dumpty told him not to mind the hens and the chickens and that it was just that he was different because something meant that he had to look kinda like the foolish Ugly Duckling. Everyone with-on the farm laughed at him, and he ran away, but he had grown into the handsome swan admired by everyone located around when he came back. The story began not too many moons ago. Glitch’s street-smart cat, Scratch was working for her because she turned out to be the well-known one poor excuse to have for a witch. She told Scratch that there was a blue-colored moon in the night sky and that she can only get at Allegra when there was a blue-colored moon. She then also said that Allegra would not be located around much longer once she fed her the poison custard pie. She checked her recipe for the poison custard pie then saw that it needed three fresh eggs in a wicked spell. If Humpty was not around to save Princess Allegra from Glitch and her poison custard pie, she would die by the time she would eat the poison custard pie. The point was that Glitch decided to poison the princess with the help of the poison custard pie because she did not want the princess around no more. Then in the 1987 North American real-live-action musical Wee Sing episode movie, Wee Sing King Cole’s Party, Humpty got put back together again, and he greeted Mary the beautifulest and loveliest younger cutie girl that owned the little lamb, and her buddies, Jack and Jill the sibling children that fell down the hill while they were fetching the pail of water, and their friend, Little Boy Blue the child shepherd that loved sleeping under his haystack and blew within his golden horn really loud in order to get his golden horn to help him call his dairy cows and his sheep in whenever they wandered off and found the Farmer in the Dell (Sam A. Mowrey) to watch over his dairy cows and his sheep while he was gone who were heading for Old King Cole’s party in Old King Cole’s castle located in London, England in order to join Old King Cole the royal merry old soul king and his very good wife, the queen and their trumpeter and their servants and their subjects and their guests and their fiddlers three for the biggest celebration in order to celebrate the well-known 100 years of peace throughout the King’s whole kingdom. Mary made the white wool mittens all by herself from her very own lamb’s wool, and Jill brought her top favorite kitten because her pet mother cat had kittens, and Jack brought his warm yellow blanket that turned out to be his top favorite thing in the planet Earth world on the planet, Earth that he thought he would not give way up ever, and Little Boy Blue brought his golden horn that he somehow used to help him call his dairy cows and his sheep in whenever they wandered off until he found the Farmer in the Dell (Sam A. Mowrey) to watch over his dairy cows and his sheep while he was gone so that he’d keep an uh, you have to watch them every minute, you know, and Dweedle the quacking duck that turned out to be the leader of the Six Little Ducks sent the finest and soft and light feather that he somehow ever grew on his back during the Six Little Ducks song, and the Crooked Man sent his crooked and shiny and bright sixpence coin that he found upon the crooked stile during the There Was A Crooked Man song, and Humpty got Mary and her friends to the party on time with a magic word called “Please.” Then after Mary and her friends gave their gifts to the king, the king thanked them all for the greatest of gifts that were given from the heart because they made him get to feel like the king, and then he told the guests and the servants and the subjects to let the big dance begin. Mary and her friends, Jack and Jill and Little Boy Blue sang and danced at the party of their lives for there would not be the well-known other one like that for 100 years, then after the party, they went home because Humpty saw to that. The king kept their presents because he would have traded everything on the table for the gifts that the children gave from their hearts. In the 1991 North American real-live-action musical Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode video, Melody Magic In Toyland, the sequel episode movie to the 1990 North American real-live-action musical Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode video, Melody Magic In Musicland, the movie with the Chopsticks song and the This Old Man song and the Little Miss Muffet song and the The Itsy Bitsy Spider song and the Row Row Row Your Boat song and the The More We Get Together song and the Little Bo Peep/Three Little Kittens/Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone? medley song and the Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Song Gone? song and the You’ve Got To Sing When Your Spirit Says Sing song and the Melody Magic song, Humpty was Josh’s Mother Goose toy, and he was with his very good friends, Old King Cole the royal merry old soul king and the Cat With The Fiddle Violin. They felt too surprised and too shocked to see that Josh was too old to play with them and they explained this to Melody Magic (Dina Murray/Dina James) who brought them to life within normal human-size with her magic dust through the We’ve Got Big, Big Trouble song and their brand-new friend, Josh’s computer (Liam Macintosh) that sang and danced and performed the I’m A Computer song in order to teach Melody and her friends everything about computer technologies on computers. Then Melody introduced the computer to her friends. Old King Cole sang the Be True To Your Heart song in order to teach us how to look true to much about our hearts and look very all-heart. Looking very all-heart is Old King Cole’s way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. The cat sang the I’m A Cool Cat song in order to teach us how to count and look kinda like cool cats. Choosing to look kinda like the cool cat is the cat’s great way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. Humpty decided to sing the I’m A Good Egg song on his wall when he decided to teach everyone much about how to look kinda like good egg friends. He was the main singer when he sat on the wall and the two flowers that grew by his wall were the back singers. They worked together to sing the I’m A Good Egg song in order to teach us how to look kinda like good egg friends. Choosing to look kinda like the good egg is Humpty’s great way of choosing to look kinda like the friend. Then after the song, Humpty had a great fall with a very loud crash that woke Josh up. Josh was so surprised and too very shocked to see Humpty in pieces and he wanted to know much about how Melody and Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole got to his bedroom. They had to find a way to save Humpty, and they found a way to save Humpty. It was Josh’s computer (Liam Macintosh). The five friends worked together to save Humpty, then Humpty got right up again when he was all put back together again, thanks to Josh and the computer. Humpty thanked the computer for saving his life then the computer said that it was nothing and Melody told the computer that saving Humpty’s life was important and she then also told the computer that he was really a good egg at heart. Then Melody sang the Everybody Needs A Friend song to show Josh and her friends and the computer what it means to be put in need of a friend to tell their troubles to. That had to look kinda like Melody’s great way to have friends. Then after the song, Melody shook hands with Josh and she then Josh hugged each other and Humpty and the computer and the cat and Old King Cole felt grateful for Melody for saving Josh. Josh asked Melody if he was awake, then Melody told him that it was only a dream. She gave Josh a kiss because she loved him and then she then the computer and their friends were back to where they should be. Then in the next morning, Josh’s mom (Babe Hack) woke him up for breakfast time, then Josh told his mom that he wanted to keep Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole, then his mom was too glad that he wanted to keep his old friends and they hugged each other with happiness joy thanks to Melody saving Josh all the way within the journey from looking too old for Humpty and the cat and Old King Cole with the help of Humpty and the cat and the computer and Old King Cole. Humpty Dumpty/Humpty Alexander Dumpty had to look kinda like my responsibility to save Princess Allegra from Glitch the witch and the witch’s poison custard pie within The Real Story Of Humpty Dumpty (1990) and he had to look kinda like my responsibility to take Mary and Jack and Jill and Little Boy Blue to Old King Cole’s party in Old King Cole’s castle located in London, England in Wee Sing King Cole’s Party (1987) and he had to look kinda like my responsibility to have good egg friends in Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along Melody Magic In Toyland (1991) then he had to look kinda like my top favorite main reason why I like the royal fairytale castle soldier horses over and over again.

As soon as I opened the cover of this book, I was instantly brought back to my early childhood. Reading some of the most traditional nursery rhymes brought me back to the basement at Grandma's where she would recite Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Little Bo-Peep, and so many more. Tomie dePaola has combined a variety of children's poems ranging from the most popular poems every child will know to ones even myself, a twenty-year-old, has never heard. Each page consists of one or multiple poems. However, next to each poem is illustrations, corresponding with the poem. The illustrations are filled with color and tell the story of the poem. For many of the poems, you can tell which poem it is by simply looking at the illustrations. For example, in the nursery rhyme Old King Cole, the illustrations show the three fiddlers with their fiddles, a boy bringing him his pipe, and a boy bringing him his bowl. Although some poems contain complex words, the beautiful and descriptive illustrations help make this book compatible with young readers. I would suggest this book be read to and by young students, preschool to first grade.

1. None
2. Age 2- Pre-K
3. This book contains illustrations of classic nursery rhymes accompanied by original illustrations by the author.
4. I really enjoyed this book. There was a good assortment of nursery rhymes I recognized from my childhood and ones that I was unfamiliar with. Each nursery rhyme has at least one illustration that are fun and colorful.
5. This book could be used when learning about nursery rhymes and how they can slightly differ depending on the book. While I recognized many of these rhymes, some of them were worded differently from how I remember them. I remember singing nursery rhymes as a kid with friends and arguing over how they go so this could be good activity for children to learn that some people say these rhymes slightly different than they might.

This book is a collection of stories told in the form of a poem. From Mother goose and her first interaction with her goose to the story the tale of Tommy tittlemouse.The use of livestock acting like humans gives all kids a chance to laugh and create a vast imagination.
Keywords-Rhyme,England,lifestock.
●Describe the type of poetry (e.g., lyric, narrative, form, free verse). What poetic elements does the author use (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia, figurative language, or sensory imagery, etc.)?The type of poetry used is more of nursery verse. The narrator is an imaginary character who is simply telling French fairy tales in the form of poems.They use both rhyme and rhytem and sensory imagery.

I am not sure what the draw is, but children just love nursery rhymes. I was no exception. And this is a fun version - the illustrations are warm and cute.

Ages: 4 - 8

Cleanliness: Mentions a pipe, wine, ale, beer, snuff. There are some valentines so mention kisses, love, and proposals. There's an illustration of a girl with no clothes. One rhyme is about a girl that wants to marry a soldier; he leads her on and she finds out he's married. Uses the word "pussy" a number of times for "cat." There is a rhyme about the devil. Someone says "goodness mercy" three times. There is a rhyme about ghosts.

Title: Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
Award: None
Appropriate grade levels: Pre-k - Kindergarten
Summary: This book is filled with over 200 mother goose rhymes, each one is different from the others.
Review: I would give this book a 4, I find that some of the rhyme are not appropriate for young children. I also found that there are some big words that kids will not understand so reading it with an adult would be helpful.
Possible in class uses: This book could be used in class during whole class reading, when the teacher has to read a book. Another use could be when the students have nap time, the teacher could read this book.

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose

Grade Level: PreK-3

Summary:

There are many nursery rhymes in this book ranging from ones that are familiar and ones that are less familiar. Hey diddle diddle is a familiar rhyme about crazy animals doing crazy things and we have np reason why they are doing it. Then there is a rhyme that is not so familiar about a hen who can do many tasks thongs for her owner.

Review:

To be honest this book is not my favorite. This being because most of the poems are unfamiliar to me having not heard them when I was little. But if I had I am sure I would have liked it more. But the pictures are great and make the rhymes more interesting that there is a picture to describe what is going on.

In Class Uses:

In the classroom this book can be used as a way to show how authors can take one thing and then expand on it. Another use for this book in the classroom is that you can do an activity where you have the students expand a nursery rhyme to create a new ending. One more activity you can do with this book is to have the pictures and then have the children write the rhymes to go with the pictures.

Some very familiar, as well as not-so-familiar, nursery rhymes in this collection, pulled at random from a library shelf; we are discussing nursery rhymes this week in class discussion. This is a beautiful, old-time collection with fantastic illustrations that look like paintings. There is an index by first line, but no titles on the rhymes/poetry themselves, although they seem to have an organizational structure.

"Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose" includes a large number of children's nursery rhymes along with with small, colorful illustrations that represent each one. Each page contains a few different rhymes, which may intimidate children along with the fact that the book itself is very large. However, this is a great book for both parents and teachers to utilize when teaching young children how to rhyme. many of the rhymes can also be used to teach alliteration.

Some picture books make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. I love those books because they spark a childhood memory in me that can be hard to find. I read this book many times during my childhood and it still gives me that feeling! Mother Goose book originated from the nursery rhyme and is an easy read rhyming book with an illustration style heavily influenced by folk art. Simple shapes, bold lines, and lots of color make up this fun nursery rhyme.

This was a great book to read. I think that this offered some great poetry and was truly the book that i enjoyed reading the most. I would use this in a classroom when I would introduce a poetry unit. I would read from this book and then have students write poems of their own, and then have this be a fantastic resource for them to use if they need ideas.

I don’t know anyone who could bring Mother Goose and her rhymes to life as Tomi dePaola does. Perfect Christmas Gift! The Anthology of Mother Goose Rhymes is a 25th Anniversary Collection, and as a Collectible Print included, perfect for framing. A Classic and a deal at that! Tomie DePaola , Mother Goose 25th Anniversary Collection , published by G.P.Putnams Sons Books For Young Readers.

Some of the nursery rhymes included we're complete nonsense, or include references to beatings or smoking. And there were weird versions of "Three men in a tub", "Ring around the rosy" and "Ladybug, Ladybug".

I really do love Tomie's illustrations, but as others have mentioned some of the versions of these rhymes are a little odd. Overall, however, we love this. The abridged board book has also been a favorite at our house. A wonderful collection for the youngest readers / listeners of Mother Goose.

My children and I enjoyed the ebook version I borrowed from Libby where Tomie DePaola narrates the rhymes himself.

I love the colorful and distinct drawings by Tomie DePaola. They are nostalgic to me since I remember reading Strega Nonna when I was a child.

Tomie dePaola's excellent illustrations accompany this abridged version of some Mother Goose rhymes.

I adore Tomie dePaola and this book is perfect. It has all the favorites with Mr. dePaola's beautiful artwork!! I love it!

Another nice collection of nursery rhymes. The art style is ok; simple, not my favourite, but colourful.

Tomie dePaola illustrations accompany this introduction to Mother Goose.

We have been reading this almost everyday for about a week. It is a bunch of classic nursery rhymes with great pics that help support understanding. My 2 year old son loves it!

The illustrations are lovely, and I enjoyed the book for them and my favorite classic nursery rhymes, but I forgot how many Mother Goose entries are complete nonsense or totally violent.

Delightful illustrations and text, although some of the passages chosen or ways that they were presented were a little bit confusing or weird.