Books : Green Tiger's Illustrated Mother Goose

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Rating:

- Will Keep Searching - not the one
I have gone to various libraries, bookstores, read countless reviews and finally settled on this Mother Goose book because I wanted to avoid the amateur cartoonish looking drawings that many Mother Goose books have nowadays. When I purchased this book, based on other reviews, I thought it was going to sound like the King James bible but fortunately it didn't. You don't need to be too concerned about the type of English used in this book. Half of this book's pictures are professional musuem quality art which unfortunately lack humor. They are just too serious. I was bored and so was the child. Yes, some of the illustrations are humorous but only a handful. The publisher claims to have chosen the best pictures but I would have to strongly disagree. The other half of the illustrations look like 40's and 50's commercial art. Nothing wrong with that but, not what I was looking for. My other concern was if there were a lot of black and white pictures. The book was okay there. There are two pages allotted per rhyme and at least one is always in color. I wanted a book that did not substitute Jack and Jill with animals etc. but have to mention Sylvia Long's Mother Goose because it is just beautiful and creative. She DOES substitute all characters with animals but it is just impressive. I have not decided to purchase that book however because I want a book that does not change its characters in its pictorials. I will keep searching but may just ask my mother to find the mother goose book that I had grown up with. Believe me, there is a reason why this Mother Goose book is not a best seller. Iona Opie's Mother Goose books have the highest ratings but the illustrations are so similar to the "Tom and Jerry's" cartoons.

Rating:

- Mother Goose
Beautiful vintage illustrations that make the perfect gift for a new grandchild. I was very pleased with this book. All nursery rhymes are presented beautifully in alphabetical order. I would purchase this book again for a keepsake gift.

Rating:

- Wonderful Edition of Mother Goose
My wife and I had been searching for a high-quality, hardback edition of Mother Goose both to read to our daughter and to treat as a keepsake, and we struggled to find something we were happy with. This edition ended our search - it is just fantastic. It has a great range of nursery rhymes - all the traditional ones and plenty of less common ones; and each nursery rhyme is accompanied by two beautiful illustrations (that come from notable illustrators from the turn of the century through the 40's and 50's). The production quality is very high for the whole book - especially the illustrations. And my daughter loves it...she asks for it every night, stares intently at the illustrations, and has started repeating the rhymes throughout the day.
The book has preserved the traditional language of the nursery rhymes as well, for better or for worse depending on what you are looking for. Some of the language is very British, and there has been no modern updating of either language or themes for any of the nursery rhymes - something that some Mother Goose books have taken on.
All in all, we have just been thrilled with this book. It has absolutely served the purpose of being fun and readable and being a special, high quality edition worthy of treating as a keepsake/special book.

Rating:

- A Classic to Keep For Years
This is a truly beautiful book. The illustrations are museum like quality -- no amateur artists here. The selection of Mother Goose tales is impressive. The paper is thick stock, high grade. This is a book that you will want to keep for many years, that both children and adults will enjoy.

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