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Mother Goose. Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. [ 1] She also appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. [ 2] The character also appears in a pantomime tracing its roots ...
265. Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum, and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901.
Here Comes Mother Goose has also been reviewed by Booklist, [6] Parenting, [7] Reading Time, [8] The Reading Teacher, [9] Teacher Librarian, [10] and Good Housekeeping. [ 11 ] It has been recommended for babies and toddlers, [ 12 ] and is a 2000 American Library Association Notable Children's Book.
Richard McClure Scarry ( / ˈskæriː /; [ 1] June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide. [ 2] He is best known for his Best Ever book series that take place primarily in the fictional town of Busytown, "which is populated by ...
Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier (niece) Charles Perrault ( / pɛˈroʊ / peh-ROH, US also / pəˈroʊ / pə-ROH, French: [ʃaʁl pɛʁo]; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales ...
McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was a New York manufacturing company active between 1858 [ 2] and 1920. As a publisher itself, the company was a pioneer in color printing technologies in children's books. [ 3] The company specialized in retellings or bowdlerizations of classic stories for children. McLoughlin Bros. also produced board games, puzzles ...
Gyo Fujikawa. Gyo Fujikawa (November 3, 1908 – November 26, 1998) was an American illustrator and children's book writer. A prolific creator of more than 50 books for children, her work is regularly in reprint and has been translated into 17 languages and published in 22 countries. Her most popular books, Babies and Baby Animals, have sold ...
The King of Hearts. Illustration by W. W. Denslow. There has been speculation about a model for the Queen of Hearts. In The Real Personage of Mother Goose, Katherine Elwes Thomas claims the King and Queen of Hearts are based on Elizabeth of Bohemia and the events that resulted in the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.