Recommended for children 6 to 18 Months
Author
De Paola, Tomie
Illustrator
De Paola, Tomie
Publisher
Penguin USA (1997; ISBN: 9780399231544; Board book)
Description
A board book edition of the classic Mother Goose treasury presents twenty-four entertaining nursery rhymes that bring to life Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, and other favorite characters.
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
The program always likes to include a collection of classic nursery rhymes. Sometimes people wonder if nursery rhymes are still relevant today, but with so many books for children based on these rhymes out there, the selection committee still finds them a valuable read-aloud for babies and toddlers. The committee liked this collection because it was in a sturdy board book edition and because the illustrator chose to depict children of different ethnicities in these classic English rhymes.
Questions
If your young reader continues to like this collection as they get older, you can ask questions about the objects on the page like, "Where is the cat?" or "Who is wearing a pink dress?" and so on. Until that point, though, reading aloud nursery rhymes is simply about letting children hear your voice and the interweaving rhythm and rhyme of Mother Goose.
Activities
There are many finger plays or movements of your hands that go along with Mother Goose rhymes. Ask your local librarian for a book that has finger plays in it or attend story hours at your local library where librarians often demonstrate those finger plays.
