The Neighborhood Mother Goose, (Hardcover)

from MsLangdon

Part Ba/Mother Goose Crews, N. (2004). The neighborhood mother goose. ?: Greenwillow Books. In a collection of 41 nursery rhymes, Nina Crews illustrates each poem with photographs of a city neighborhood. The nursery rhymes range from very popular to not as well known. The Neighborhood Mother Goo...

from ReadAloudDenver

Nina Crews places the traditional Mother Goose rhymes in a jazzy, fun and energetic urban setting as inspired by her Brooklyn neighborhood. My favorite is of a tiny Peter Piper against a backdrop of a grocery shelf stacked with real giant jars of pickled peppers. Rhymes are important because they...

from amulve2

I liked the book "The Neighborhood Mother Goose". One aspect I liked was the writing. The writing flowed very well. One way the writing flowed well together was because of how it rhymed. "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, and so are you." I enjoyed reading each of the poems in the ...

from kdangleis

Nina Crews' The Neighborhood Mother Goose is not your typical Mother Goose book. Crews uses her Brooklyn neighborhood to bring the age-old rhymes alive to young readers. A delightfully refreshing and different approach to the typical cutesy pictures that usually accompany the Mother Goose books, ...

from SADAMS30

This is a fantastic book that uses photos from New York neighborhoods to modernize Mother Goose Rhymes for kids. I think this is an ingenious approach to get a new generation of kids interested in traditional nursery rhymes.