Nursery Rhyme Storytime
Trendy Twists and Familiar Favorites
Trendy Twists
Community members young and old will delight in the opportunity to share and discuss our favorite nursery rhymes. The event will feature both contemporary and vintage rhymes like those in the books featured below:
The Neighbor - hood Mother Goose
Nina Crews brings fresh illustrations to original rhymes and verses while celebrating diversity in the neighborhood. Children and adults are sure to enjoy the vivid images and familiar rhymes.
Crew, Nina. (2004). The Neighborhood Mother Goose. New York: Greenwillow Books. Unp.
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Hickory DIckory Dock
Keith Baker's Hickory Dickory Dock features the adventures of a mouse and his hourly animal visitors. The whole family will enjoy guessing what the mouse's friends will do next!
Baker, Keith. (2007). Hickory Dickory Dock. New York: Harcourt, Inc. Unp.
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Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty?
Children will spend the whole book guessing while adults share a chuckle over David T. Greenberg's explanations of what happened to some of our favorite nursery rhyme characters. S.D. Schindler's illustrations bring added humor and will spark children's imaginations.
Greenberg, David. (1999). Illus. by S.D. Schindler. Whatever happened to Humpty Dumpty. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Unp.
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The Real Mother Goose
Family and Friends will delight in becoming acquainted, or reacquainted with cherished characters, Jack Sprat, Little Bo-Peep, Old Mother Goose and so many more.
Who is Jack Sprat and why is he so skinny?
Where are Little Bo-Peep's sheep?
Where is Mother Goose going?
Answer these questions and more by checking out "The Real Mother Goose" online!
(1916) The Real Mother Goose. New York: Rand McNally & Company. Unp.
https://archive.org/stream/realmothergoosewrig#page/n0/mode/2up
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