Mother Goose Remembers [With CD]

This book has it all. Great visuals -- the illustrations are jaw-droppingly beautiful. Great auditory -- the nursery rhymes are just as you remember -- no revision, and they just pour off your tongue. Great tactile -- this book feels luxurious, with its hard cover and its thick pages. We haven't listened to the CD yet -- the kids just want me to read it to them again and again. I would choose this book for myself -- the illustrations are simply unbelievable. Clare Beaton is amazing.

I am a Pre-K teacher and it never ceases to amaze me that most 4-year olds do not know any nursery rhymes. This book has an excellent collection of nursery rhymes plus the most amazing illustrations. My own 4-year old asks for this book almost every night and she can even recite some of them.

This is such a beautiful book, it sits on MY bookshelf. I do LOVE to read this with our children, 6, 3, 1, years old. Mother Goose offers something to all age groups. All of the familiar poems and stories are here, as well as a few not-so-familiar entries. The best part of the book, however, is the illustrations. The book is exquisitely illustrated with the look of felt patchwork pictures. We all Really Do Love this Book!

Both my children (2 and 3), and any cousin who happens to be visiting, love this book. It's not short, and it's not small, but they're simply captivated by it. Both started getting interested in the book at about a year old, and continue to choose it from the tons of other books we have. I can't explain exactly why they love it over other Mother Goose books, though I suspect the 3-D look of a stitched picture has somthing to do with it. Everything Barefoot Books does is amazing: someday I'll own all their books.

As both a children's librarian and a mother of three children under the age of five, I've seen LOTS of Mother Goose books. This collection is really special, partly because the sewn illustrations are wonderful. They manage somehow to be both awe-inspiring in their creativity and homey in their style. The simple outlines will appeal to younger children, while the fabric and stitching details will intrigue older children. And of course, the rhymes themselves are must-reads for all kids; here we have a combination of old favorites and less familiar ones. Even if you already have Mother Goose books like the Iona Opie/Rosemary Wells collaborations, or Lucy Cousins' versions, this one is worth buying, especially as a gift for a new parent.