Jessie Willcox SmithReseñas

This is a collection of hundreds of Mother Goose rhymes, including several different versions of each. It was released from the Project Gutenberg library in 2007. There are cute, old-fashioned line drawings and illustrations scattered throughout the book. We are introduced to village characters such as the baker, and specific personalities such as Jack Sprat again and again. I do not think children would enjoy this book for the most part because there is a very old fashioned feeling to it, and since many of the melodies have been lost to time, they wouldn’t be catchy. This book is not only a book for for children aged 2 - 5, but collectors of Mother Goose rhymes and Anglophiles would love it.

Gorgeous 1912 First Edition collection of Smith's illustrations of Dickens's children characters. Bought at the Curious Bookshop in East Lansing for $50, April 2008.