4Kiddos Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I am looking to purchase a beautiful but authentic Mother Goose book. Can anyone recommend one? I am looking for the original rhymes but with beautiful illustrations. I am also looking for a hardback book with a lot of rhymes and not just a small selection. We have a book already with a small selection and the illustrations are not really nice. I would like to try and find one with real art like pictures. But, my son loves the book we already have and I would like to try and find another one for him. Thanks!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Here's one And the illustrations in this one are lovely, though I'm not sure how many poems are in it. Another one This one seems to have a lot of the poems, and charming illustrations Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virg Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 This one is the one recommended by PP and we love it! I have had it since I was a toddler and now my kids enjoy it too. It has at least 250 poems in it. They are for the most part the original wording, or close to it. Every two-page layout has two or more illustrations and every-other two-page layout has a full page illustration. I adore it! http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Goose-Blanche-Fisher-Wright/dp/0590225170/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I love Lavender's Blue from Oxford Press, but the binding is not high quality and it is paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 We like the two Opie/Rosemary Wells volumes, especially for four and under: http://www.amazon.com/My-Very-First-Mother-Goose/dp/1564026205/ http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Mother-Goose-First/dp/0763606839/ And Arnold Lobel (I've linked to a couple editions of the same book): http://www.amazon.com/Arnold-Lobel-Book-Mother-Goose/dp/0679887369/ http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Book-Mother-Goose/dp/0517078864/ I think Lobel would best fit your criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've always had The Real Mother Goose - the illustrations are beautiful. This is the book I had as a child. I bought one for my twins, and we read it so much it got worn out and I bought another copy for my younger. It's the one with the checkerboard cover. The listing at Amazon above is a bit odd - the picture and customer reviews are the right book, but the Amazon Editorial Review is referencing a completely different book :confused:. The Look-inside feature is the correct book, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunD Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 My kids don't care for the Blanche Fischer Wright illustrations. Believe it or not, we love Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose. It only has 100 rhymes, but it's had every one we've ever looked for. So if there are missing rhymes, I don't remember them from my childhood nursery rhyme book either (browsing Amazon, I think I had the Jessie Willcox Smith, which I remember as being very nice too). There are even a few I didn't know, like Three Little Ghostesses and Bat, Bat, Come Under My Hat. The binding is good, the paper is nice quality, and each page is beautiful, if you like Mary Engelbreit's style of illustration. The pictures are detailed, but not overwhelmingly so, and it's a very happy book. Also, the wording of each rhyme is exactly what I remember my own mother reciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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