The Rooster Crows : A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles

From the Editors

<P>Winner of the Caldecott Medal. <P>Generations of children have grown up with "The Bear Went over the Mountain," "Lazy Mary," and "Yankee Doodle." here is a collection that includes these, and many more of the favorite playtime rhymes that are a lasting part of America's -- and childhood's -- heritage. <P>Maud and Miska Petersham's classic illustrations bring this "American Mother Goose" to life, in a way sure to charm both children and adults.
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Once Read Always Read
when i was a child my grandfather bought me this book i had it for many many years, after moving sevral times i lost the book and was very sad. Now that i am a grown woman and have children of my own i am happy to find this wonderful book again, and have ordered it fo rmy own children.

not a great book
I bought this book as a present for my niece, thinking it would be a great book seeing how it was a medal winner. It was OK. Some of the rhymes were the obvious ones you would expect. But there were so many me and my husband had never ever heard of. Kind of odd. I dont think her mother will ever read it to her. Owell...

You can always find room for another book of nursery rhymes!
Especially this one. The artwork is interesting, and not all of the rhymes are going to be familiar to you and your child.

Anybody looking for another rhyme to bounce a kid to or to recite or sing to shut them up, you can't spend a better $10 than on this book.

Beautiful illustrations, classic rhymes
This collection takes me back to my childhood before color TV, special effects, or the Internet where reading a book meant time with my mother, and time to slowly pour over the pictures and imagine the world that was being depicted. As a child,I went back to re-explore these pages many times. With a new grandson due in a few months, I knew that this would be perfect material for times spent together. Our children now days are so sophisticated that most don't even know the old Nursery Rhymes. As a parent and a teacher, I find this a sad loss to our culture. This book will help keep nursery rhymes and Mother Goose alive in our family.

politics of race
This book fascinates me because it was challenged by the NAACP in 1945 for its quiet exclusionary racism.

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