Mother Goose in ProsePublished three years before the author achieved fame as the creator of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', this engaging volume, inspired by well-known nursery rhymes, added an exciting new dimension to old, much-loved verses. In 22 captivating fantasies, Baum tells about 'Old King Cole'; 'The Man in the Moon'; 'The Jolly Miller'; 'Little Bo-Peep'; 'Tom, the Piper's Son'; 'The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe'; 'Little Miss Muffet'; 'The Cat and the Fiddle', and others. Twelve charming drawings by famed illustrator Maxfield Parrish enhance a unique collection that will delight Baum admirers, youngsters, and the young at heart. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1901 edition. 12 black-and-white illustrations. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Sing a Song o Sixpence | 19 |
The Story of Little Boy Blue | 31 |
The Cat and the Fiddle | 45 |
The Black Sheep | 55 |
Old King Cole | 65 |
Mistress Mary | 75 |
The Wondrous Wise Man | 89 |
Hickory Dickory Dock | 141 |
Little BoPeep | 151 |
The Story of Tommy Tucker | 163 |
Pussycat Mew | 175 |
How the Beggars Came to Town | 183 |
Tom the Pipers Son | 199 |
Humpty Dumpty | 207 |
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe | 221 |
What Jack Horner Did | 99 |
The Man in the Moon | 109 |
The Jolly Miller | 119 |
The Little Man and His Little Gun | 131 |
Little Miss Muffet | 233 |
Three Wise Men of Gotham | 245 |
Little Bun Rabbit | 257 |
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Common terms and phrases
alderman Andrew Lang answered asked asleep Available in U.S. babies Baum began beggars birds Black Sheep Bobby bread brook brothers CATALOG OF DOVER child cockle-shells cottage cowslips cried dingle-bells DOVER BOOKS dressed duck enquired eyes FAIRY BOOK farmer father fiddle flowers FRANK BAUM garden Gilligren grass grow GUSTAV STICKLEY head heard Hickory Humpty Dumpty illustrations Jack jumped King's knew laugh Lilimond Little Bo-Peep Little Boy Blue little girl Little Miss Muffet lived looked Majesty Mamma Mouse Mary miller Moon morning Mother Goose Nathalie never night Nurse Holloweg Old King Cole old woman palace papa Pericles photographs Piper's Son poor pretty Prince Pussy-cat Mew rabbit replied sack Santa sing sixpence Socrates Solomon song Sophocles Squire story sure tails tell thought Three Wise Men took walked watched wool
References to this book
Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective Laurence S. Cutler,Maxfield Parrish,Judy Goffman Cutler No preview available - 1995 |