[.ca] My Mother Goose Library (ISBN 074457563X)

From Amazon.com:
World folklore authority Iona Opie and beloved picture book illustrator Rosemary Wells (Max's Bedtime, Max's Bath, and many more) teamed up for two absolutely fantastic award-winning Mother Goose collections, My Very First Mother Goose and Here Comes Mother Goose. Brimming over with lilting, jaunty, giddy, and sweet rhymes, and awash in adorable watercolors of a veritable menagerie of critters, from guinea pigs to cats to the omnipresent goose herself, these hardcover companion volumes are now available in a handsomely illustrated box set, featuring a mischievously frolicking Ma Goose with a few of her furry and feathered friends. Don't let another child grow up without learning by heart the traditional verses about Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, and Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Don't shirk your parental duty: these beautiful, playful books should be a necessity in every family! (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

Great Books:
I have two toddlers, and we have been reading both of these books at least twice a day for a year. My two year old has both books memorized and my one year old knows quite a few of the verses. I am also buying this for every expectant mother that I know. My husband wasn't fond of Mother Goose at first, but these books have turned him into a fan.

Disappointing:
If you are looking for good old classic Mother Goose that you grew up, with these are not the books you want. I was disappointed to find that I have never heard of over half of these nursery rhymes and the ones that are familiar have been changed. On the up side, the illustrations are great and the book is okay for a child who isn't familiar with classic Mother Goose.

Delicious Goose!:
Wow! ... is collection had ALL the Mother Goose Rhymes that I remembered, and then some! The oversized format and bold pictures, all featuring sweet and funny animals playing nursery rhyme roles, will visually delight both the lucky listeners and the grown-ups sharing this treasury! I have been buying this set for EVERY expectant mother I know, it's a great shower gift (especially combined with Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook). I know I was so grateful to have a good Mother Goose collection when I was a new mommy, it's surprising how many you forget once you leave kindergarten. My son, who is now six, loves this book (I like that BOYS are made of sugar and spice and everything nice in this edition...I think a little liberty may have been taken there, but as a mom of a son, I won't argue!). I am grateful to the Opies and to Rosemary Wells for compiling a collection in such a way that is true to the original rhymes yet appealing to children in our century! As far as I'm concerened, the only egg this goose lays is a golden one!

A Wonderful Book:
My Mother Goose Library is a book that people see on the shelf and they buy it for their kids. The illustrations are beautiful and my five year old daughter loved it! She also loved having her own personalized Mother Goose book from Personalized Books USA-(http://www.personalizedbooksusa.com) Tanique Wilis, NYC