Beatrix Potter's Nursery Rhyme Book R/I

by Beatrix Potter

Overview

The perfect introduction to the world of Beatrix Potter, this nursery rhyme book is filled with Potter’s vibrant art and classic characters, offering a new world to explore on every page. The simple, repetitive language of the nursery rhymes, poems, and riddles will make this book a sure read-aloud favorite and the elegant new Potter design on the cover, makes it an ideal gift and an excellent addition to every nursery library.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780723257714
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	10/04/2007
Series:	Peter Rabbit
Edition description:	Gift
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	30,086
Product dimensions:	9.75(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The Tale of Peter Rabbit¸ published in 1902, was her first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend. Beatrix Potter went on to publish more than 20 tales and collections of rhymes.

Editorial Reviews

This bookbrings together favorite classic poems taken from various Beatrix Potter collections. Potter's own sketches and watercolors, reproduced using the latest in printing technology, complement the poetry. Young children will enjoy these delightful rhyming tales that have withstood the test of time.

Children's Literature - Wendy Ricci

Lovers of Miss Tiggy-Winkle, Flopsy and Squirrel Nutkin have ready access to these charmers in today's market. Collections of Potter's work abound from discount department stores to exclusive children's bookshops. So what sets this volume apart? The slow-paced, uncluttered layout, from the padded cover's illustration through the final page, fits Potter's text and illustrations as well as Peter's blue jacket, quite new, fits Mr. McGregor's scarecrow. Nursery rhymes and riddles, each in large print, get their own page, with facing full-page illustration. Here is a book to be savored. It even feels good in the hand. This nursery rhyme collection will be bought by grandmothers and baby shower attendees, as well as teachers and parents who grew up with toads taking tea, hedgehogs ironing and mice doing needlework. With winsome characters drawn by Potter herself, does it matter if children have never heard of a tansy cake, periwig or kyloe cow? No, the rhythm and texture of phrases such as, "honey-dew for sugar/in a cuckoo-pint of milk," or "As I went over Tipple-time/I met a flock of bonny swine" are too lush for practical definition. 2000 (orig. 1903), Frederick Warne/Penguin. Ages 1 up. Reviewer: Judy Crowder

Children's Literature