Nursery Rhymes are often children's first exposure to poetry. I don't ever remember a time when I didn't know the traditional nursery rhymes. Reading Rockets says the following: "There’s a reason we learn nursery rhymes as young children. They help us develop an ear for our language. Rhyme and rhythm highlight the sounds and syllables in words. And understanding sounds and syllables helps kids learn to read!"
There are collections of the traditional rhymes with beautiful illustrations.
- Here Comes Mother Goose collected by Iona Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Wells
- Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
- To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda
- The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose
- Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose by Leo and Diane Dillon
There are new and innovative collections.
- The Real Dada Mother Goose by Jon Sciescka
- Mother Goose of Pudding Lane by Chris Raschka
- Motor Goose: Rhymes that Go! by Rebecca Colby
- Maybe Mother Goose by Esmé Raji Codell
- Grumbles from the Town: Mother Goose Voices with a Twist by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich
- La Madre Goose by Susan Middleton Elya
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman
And, of course, there are some lovely picture books to pair the nursery rhymes with
- Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein
- The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster by David Conway
- Not Last Night But the Night Before by Colin McNaughton
- Mother Goose’s Pajama Party by Danna Smith
Resources
- Activity kid and teacher's guide for The Real Dada Mother Goose on the publisher's website
- Teacher's guide for Motor Goose on the author's website
- Book extras for La Madre Goose on the illustrator's website
- Teacher's guide for Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast on the publisher's website
- Series activity kit for Interrupting Chicken on the publisher's website
- Activity guide for Mother Goose’s Pajama Party on the author's website
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