Rosemary Wells
To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, ... [... more]
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Maurice Sendak
The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, composers, and audiences for almost two hundred years. It has retained its freshness because it appeals... Edited by Iona Opie and Peter Opie, ... [... more]
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My Very First Mother Goose
To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, ... [... more]
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Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose)
 Amazon.com Review: Ready or not, here she comes! That clever, mischievous, loving matriarch of the nursery knows more verses and ditties than you can shake a stick at. From the familiar "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" and "Here We Go Round [... more]
$22.99
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Little Boy Blue: and Other Rhymes (My Very First Mother ...
Cute book, but the rhymes aren't as we remembered them: My daughter was given a few of these Opie and Wells books andthey fare about "average" in her collection. We (parents)would like them better if the verses weren't changed from what we [... more]
$6.99
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The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
Getting dated.: This is the second edition, published in 1997, of the original Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, also by Iona and Peter Opie, which appeared in 1951. The Preface to the Second Edition explains that the authors gathered many new [... more]
$47.50
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The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
For teachers not children: This book has the most wonderful traditional verses and the traditional woodcuts are fascinating. It also has descriptions of hand movements and other traditional actions that accompany the rhymes. A wonderful resource for a [... more]
$26.34
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The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York Review ...
Rhymes and reasons: Most of the material for this book was gathered fifty years ago in British schools, but I'm sure readers in all countries, for all time, will find it amusing and revealing. When I'd finished it, I felt I had a greater insight into [... more]
$18.95
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The Classic Fairy Tales
Fairy tales as they were first printed in the English lang.: I first read this book in 1983, and was amazed with it then. It's unique and extremely interesting. Iona and Peter Opie have the original tales as first printed in the English language. Added [... more]
$35.00
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Mother Goose's Little Treasures (My Very First Mother Goose)
Great addition to a child's library: Mother Goose's Little Treasures, by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells, isn't your mother's Mother Goose. The collection consists of twenty-two Mother Goose rhymes plucked from obscurity by the world's foremost Goose [... more]
$17.99
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Children's Games with Things: Marbles, Fivestones, ...
Author: Iona Opie Author: Peter Opie Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 793.01922 EAN: 9780192159632 ISBN: 0192159631 Number Of Pages: 366 Publication Date: 1998-04-23 [... more]
$35.00
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Mother Goose's Little Treasures
Great addition to a child's library: Mother Goose's Little Treasures, by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells, isn't your mother's Mother Goose. The collection consists of twenty-two Mother Goose rhymes plucked from obscurity by the world's foremost Goose [... more]
$19.34
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