Mother Goose: A Collection of Classic Nursery Rhymes

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984. AN0 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Selected and Illustrated by Michael Hague. Now, acclaimed illustrator Michael Hague has created a beautiful new edition of Mother Goose that will appeal to all young children - and their parents. He has carefully selected more than forty-five of his favorite rhymes and has illustrated all of them with exquisite full-color paintings. 10.5"x8.5", 61 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. As a character, she appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. This, however, was dependent on a Christmas pantomime, a successor to which is still performed in the United Kingdom. The term's appearance in English dates back to the early 18th century, when Charles Perrault's fairy tale collection, Contes de ma Mère l'Oye, was first translated into English as Tales of My Mother Goose. Later a compilation of English nursery rhymes, titled Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, helped perpetuate the name both in Britain and the United States. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.