Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason
by Wallace Tripp
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A selection of Mother Goose rhymes including "Old King Cole," "Jack Be Nimble," and many other well- and lesser-known verses.Tags
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Cute, but imo really doesn't add much to the genre. I think that I tighter focus on lesser-known and sillier rhymes would have worked better - this reminds me of one of the bigger collections by [a:Richard Scarry|13901|Richard Scarry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1188187401p2/13901.jpg]. Sometimes it got fresh/ creative, when the illustration for the Crooked Man reveals that he's a crook, a pickpocket.
But it just wasn't special enough for its Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book (1977). If it had ditched the distinctly British rhymes and old-fashioned costume and brought in more American verses, like Old Dan Tucker, and costumes like fur-traders' buckskins, for example, I would applaud it.
As is, I got too bored to even show more finish. show less
But it just wasn't special enough for its Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book (1977). If it had ditched the distinctly British rhymes and old-fashioned costume and brought in more American verses, like Old Dan Tucker, and costumes like fur-traders' buckskins, for example, I would applaud it.
As is, I got too bored to even show more finish. show less
This collection of Mother Goose rhymes includes many less known rhymes. The illustrations are very funny and have lots of little details for both adults and children to find if they look carefully. This is my favorite Mother Goose book.
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Wallace Whitney Tripp was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 26, 1940. He studied graphic arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He received a bachelor's degree in education from Keene State College and studied English at the University of New Hampshire. He taught English for three years before becoming a full-time illustrator. He was show more best known for his greeting cards and children's book illustrations. He created over 600 greeting cards for Pawprints Greeting Cards. He illustrated over 40 other books including Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze!; A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me; and Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey. He also worked on the Amelia Bedelia series. He wrote and illustrated Wallace Tripp's Wurst Seller. He died after a long fight with Parkinson's disease on September 9, 2018 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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