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Nursery Rhyme Classics
A treasury of favorite nursery rhymes is accompanied by the instantly recognizable Victorian drawings of Kate Greenaway.
100 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Kate Greenaway
254 books37 followersKate Greenaway (Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a children's book illustrator and writer. Her first book, Under the Window (1879), a collection of simple, perfectly idyllic verses concerning children who endlessly gathered posies, untouched by the Industrial Revolution, was a best-seller. The Kate Greenaway Medal, established in her honour in 1955, is awarded annually by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK to an illustrator of children's books. New techniques of photolithography enabled her delicate watercolors to be reproduced. Through the 1880s and 90s, in popularity her only rivals in the field of children's book illustration were Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott, himself also the eponym of a highly-regarded prize medal. Amongst her other works are: A Day in a Child's Life (1881), Mother Goose; or, The Old Nursery Rhymes (1881), Little Ann (with Ann Taylor & Jane Taylor) (1883), Marigold Garden (1885), A Apple Pie (1886), Pied Piper of Hamelin (1888) and Kate Greenaway's Book of Games (1889).
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October 3, 2016
This anthology is best for a very young preschool audience of 3-4 year olds. It is divided into sections: strange and wonderful, birds and beasts, words of advice, little boys and little girls, and babies. It includes the old fashioned rhymes such as "Little Miss Muffet", "Incy Wincy Spider, Climbing up the Spout", and "The Grand Old Duke of York". Each rhyme is written in small writing with a colorful sketch above that pertains to the story. This anthology seems very dated to me; the rhymes that it includes are very old and can be difficult to relate to for a young child in today's society. Because of the older language the children may not know what the rhyme is trying to say. Also, many of the stories concern activities that may not be safe to be promoting to children, such as walking alone; again, this is an example of the content that is unsuitable for today's youth. Short rhymes from this anthology could be used in a kindergarten or grade 1 classroom to assist in transition times like lining up; a teacher could use one of the 1-2 line rhymes as a cue to initiate tasks. In addition it could be used for down time activities such as rest to provide soothing sound and encourage relaxation.
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