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a_manning11's review against another edition
1.0
This is a collection of very odd rhymes and poems, neither educational nor enjoyable. These are somewhat randomly illustrated by full page and little images, partially colored. Illustrated by the authors.
I am not sure why this won a Caldecott Medal 1946.
I am not sure why this won a Caldecott Medal 1946.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
A Caldecott Award Winning book of rhymes and poems and jingles. I especially liked the finger games, all of which had pieces I had not seen. And rhymes with slightly different lines. The art itself was okay but nothing all that impressive. A pretty good addition for those who appreciate children's rhymes but there is no story here.
sheilajoyful's review against another edition
4.0
Charming pictures. I had forgotten a few of these old rhymes, and had heard different versions of others. The book reminds me of the time my child came home from school saying, "I met a man named Michael Finnigan. He grew whiskers on his chinnigan."
I said, "Along came the wind and blew them innagin."
She looked at me, astonished, and said, "You know it?!"
So the old American jingles make their rounds. Their tails come loose and we fall back. Which is what we get, we who love to ride tales instead of backs.
I said, "Along came the wind and blew them innagin."
She looked at me, astonished, and said, "You know it?!"
So the old American jingles make their rounds. Their tails come loose and we fall back. Which is what we get, we who love to ride tales instead of backs.
snowbenton's review against another edition
2.0
I like the idea of the collected rhymes, but there's no cohesion between each one and most of them don't make any sense.
beecheralyson's review against another edition
4.0
I need to figure out how to incorporate this one into the curriculum. So many of my ELL's have no clue of these traditional rhymes and yet there are references throughout our language and language arts curriculum.
libraryrobin's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic old style illustrations and a collection of old rhymes which are unfamiliar to most kids today.
happy_hiker's review against another edition
1946 Caldecott Medal winner. As the title states, this is not a story, but a collection of rhymes. The supporting art is fine, some drawings are full color while many have a single color (lots of brown and teal).
libscote's review against another edition
2.0
This is the other of the Caldecott Medal books that I've read so far that I didn't really enjoy. The rhymes are very old-fashioned, and some of them don't even make sense any more.
calistareads's review against another edition
2.0
This is not a story, only a collection of rhymes of children from the 40s. Some of them are for games and others are for counting. The art is lovely here. I don't see why it won as there is not a story, but I have noticed these Mid 40s books often are collections of little things, songs. They were experimenting here.
I read this to the nephew and he was not too into it. He gave it one star. 'It's Boring' he said.
I read this to the nephew and he was not too into it. He gave it one star. 'It's Boring' he said.
letstalkaboutbooksbaybee's review against another edition
4.0
1946 Caldecott winner challenge
This is a nice little collection of classic nursery rhymes and counting games. I’m having flashbacks to when all my kid would watch was Mother Goose Club though *shudders*
This is a nice little collection of classic nursery rhymes and counting games. I’m having flashbacks to when all my kid would watch was Mother Goose Club though *shudders*