Reviews

The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained by Kate Greenaway, William S. Baring-Gould, Ceil Baring-Gould, Maxfield Parrish, E.M. Simon, Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham, Randolph Caldecott

ashleylm's review against another edition

2.0

Not as interesting as hoped for, no fault of the author ... the nature of these nursery rhymes is their origins are unknown, so can't really be explicated, other than by conjecture or the reporting of other people's conjectures. (The book equivalent of trying to learn something at a party, where guests keep whispering "well I heard ...", when you'd really rather have the truth).

So ultimately stopped quite early and returned it to the library.

Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful.

snowbenton's review against another edition

4.0

A fun look at the history of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and other Mother Goose esque items. I learned a lot, and was blown away by the fact that Ring Around the Rosie is actually not a plague rhyme!