The McElderry Book of Mother Goose: Revered and Rare Rhymes

"This fourth title in the McElderry Books series — following compilations of Greek myths, Aesop's fables, and Grimm's fairy tales — features more than 50 Mother Goose rhymes, illustrated in watercolor by Mathers with humor and emotional sensitivity. Joining familiar rhymes like 'Hickory, Dickory, Dock' and 'The Queen of Hearts' are many less-known selections, which often have somber subjects. Deaths and other injuries aren't uncommon ('Little Betty Pringle, she had a pig./ He was not very little and not very big./ When he was alive, he lived in clover,/ But now he's dead and that's all over'), but they appear alongside rhymes comic, comforting, and clever to create a full, rich collection. Ages 6 — 10." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Petra Mathers is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including a series of five books called Lottie’s World. Lottie’s New Beach Towel was Book of the Year for Parenting magazine, and Lottie’s New Friend was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and won the Silver Medal from the New York Society of Illustrators. Petra lives in Astoria, Oregon.