Eulalie Osgood Grover (1873–1958)

Cute, clever, and in some archival scans, utterly incomprehensible. I have no idea how this reprint came out, as I grabbed my public domain scan digitally. At which point my reader started spouting gibberish in the manner of Klingon opera.

But, once I got a clean copy, it was a lot of fun. I adore some of the early photo cat books, and some of that era's children's books, and this hits the sweet spot of both.

This is a lovely collection of classic mother goose rhymes, ranging from the well-known; Peter Piper, Bah, bah, blacksheep and Hushabye baby, to the lesser-known (at least for me);About the bush, Willie; There Was an Old Woman Tossed in a Blanket; and The Man in The Moon Came Down to Soon. Lively and fun, these will introduce young ones to the world of cadence and rhyme so well known throughout the ages. In this version, the illustrator revives the ink and watercolor style of the original books.

The classic Volland edition of Mother Goose includes all the classic Mother Goose rhymes and the illustrations associated with each. The book itself seems a bit unwieldy for younger children to read themselves - it is purely a book of nursery rhymes without titles or plot. It's a great size for a small storytime as children can easily see the illustrations.

This is a classic from my childhood. It was given as a book to my family when I was born. It's still in great shape.