Grumbles from the Town: Mother-Goose Voices with a Twist

by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Angela Matteson (Illustrator)

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Fourteen Mother-Goose rhymes enjoyed by generations of children are creatively presented as "poem pairs"—with a twist!—in this playful poetry picture book.

Mother Goose has a few secrets tucked in her feathers! Did you know that the shoe loved the Old Woman and her many children? And that the three blind mice weren’t actually blind, only near-sighted? Or that Humpty Dumpty fell when skateboarding on a wall?
 
Featuring wildly different voices and perspectives, this terrific read-aloud features with stunning illustrations and hilarious details. The book includes the original Mother Goose rhymes, endnotes that briefly describe their history, and an introduction that invites readers to imagine their own poems from unusual perspectives and "create magic."
  • ISBN10 1590789229
  • ISBN13 9781590789223
  • Publish Date 13 September 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Boyds Mills Press