10/27/10

The Classic Mother Goose (Children’s Storybook Classics)


Title: The Classic Mother Goose (Children’s Storybook Classics)
Author: Armand Eisen
Illustrator: John Garney, Gail Hauetter, Arlene Klemushin, Kay Life, Robyn Officer, Richard Waltz, Nance Wiley, William Wiley
Publisher: Courage Books
Year Published: 1997
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Mother Goose
Reading Level: Assisted Reader/ Self-Reader
Reading Interest Level: Preschool- Early Elementary
Topics: Rhyming, Rhythm
Summary: This book contains the classic children’s nursery’s almost all children learn as they grow up. Great for younger kids as well as older children, the rhyming words keep them involved in the book and allow them to follow along with the rhythm.
Extension Activity: Since this book deals with classic children’s nursery’s and rhyming words, I would have the children write their own nursery rhyme or story and have them use correct rhyming words to help them learn and further understand rhythm.