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Mommy Goose
Norris, Charles M.. Illus: Adkins, Minnie
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Description for Mommy Goose
Illustrator(s): Adkins, Minnie. Num Pages: 48 pages, 102 colour photographs, 1 black & white photograph. BIC Classification: YBLB1. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
Playing hopscotch in the schoolyard or hide-and-seek in the woods, Appalachian children once recited traditional nursery rhymes from memory. As kids do, they frequently altered the original rhymes, making them even more colorful in the process.
In Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the Mountains, author Mike Norris honors this special piece of American heritage with a one-of-a-kind collection of fifty original nursery rhymes celebrating Appalachian tradition and speech. Illustrated with art-quality photographs of more than one hundred new hand-carved and -painted works by renowned folk artist Minnie Adkins, this enchanting book introduces readers of all ages to the whimsical ... Read more
Playing hopscotch in the schoolyard or hide-and-seek in the woods, Appalachian children once recited traditional nursery rhymes from memory. As kids do, they frequently altered the original rhymes, making them even more colorful in the process.
In Mommy Goose: Rhymes from the Mountains, author Mike Norris honors this special piece of American heritage with a one-of-a-kind collection of fifty original nursery rhymes celebrating Appalachian tradition and speech. Illustrated with art-quality photographs of more than one hundred new hand-carved and -painted works by renowned folk artist Minnie Adkins, this enchanting book introduces readers of all ages to the whimsical ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813166148
SKU
V9780813166148
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Ref
99-50
About Norris, Charles M.. Illus: Adkins, Minnie
Mike Norris was the director of communications at Centre College for sixteen years before he retired. He is the author of Sonny the Monkey and Bright Blue Rooster and has recorded several collections of original music. Minnie Adkins is a folk artist with permanent collections at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, the American ... Read more
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