Mommy Goose (eBook)

Rhymes from the Mountains

Mike Norris (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
48 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6687-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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 world of Mommy Goose and shares her love of the rare music of Appalachian speech and of words in general.Mommy Goose is designed to engage young children with a series of simple and often humorous verses that gradually become more challenging as the book progresses. Readers can advance to longer, more complex rhymes as their skills develop-at home or with the guidance of teachers. Featuring sheet music for the original song "e;Tell me, Mommy Goose,"e; this multidimensional book is certain to entertain while introducing a new generation to hallowed folk traditions.To hear a complete recording of the book's companion song, "e;Tell Me, Mommy Goose,"e;Click Here

Autor

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: Down on the Farm 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 Folk Art Museum, the Huntington Museum of Art, and the Kentucky Folk Art Center. She won the the Kentucky Arts Council's Artist Award honoring lifetime achievement in the arts and holds an honorary doctorate from Morehead State University. She has contributed essays to numerous collections on folk art and crafts.

Inhalt

About Mommy Goose
Hammer and Nail
The Raccoons
Old Doc Hale
Calico Cat
A word can be sour
Level Cows
Little Mary
Speckled Hen
Mommy Fell
Lester Frye
Mommy Had to Mop
Some words strike home
Lizzie Green
Billy Was Bad
Rooster Can't Crow
Aunt Sal
Little Johnny Hicks
A word is the brick
The Kudzu Man
The Rooster
Wake Up, Girls
The Bluebird and Robin
The June Bug
A word's always waiting
Fiddle It High

EXTRA EGGS
Benjamin Grimes
I Bit My Tongue
Pray for the Pot
The Boy from Rowdy
Possum and Bear
Penny in the Well
Uncle Ed
Love Me, Love You
Cow's in the Barn
I Know an Old Man
Nag, Nag, Nag
Clete, the Parakeet
Daddy Hammered
Harlie Creech
The Latch and Keep
Kite
Who, Who, Who?
The Prettiest Sight
Blind Sam Young
The Road
Spring
Name Me
A Word from Mommy Goose

"Tell Me, Mommy Goose," words and music by Mike Norris
About the Author and Ullustrator

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2016
• Illustrationen: Minnie Adkins
• Zusatzinfo: 102 color halftones, 1 b&w halftone
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 200 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher ► Pappbilderbücher / Fühlbilderbücher
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen
• Schlagworte: Appalachian Art • Appalachian culture • Appalachian Mountains • Bluegrass • early readers • Kentuckian • Kentucky • Kentucky Children's Stories • Mother Goose Stories • Nursery Rhymes • picture book • regional heritage • Wordplay
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6687-X / 081316687X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6687-2 / 9780813166872