The classic nursery rhymes we know and love--upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds--as only Jon Scieszka could stage them. Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism's rejection of reason and rational thinking, and in cahoots with Blanche Fisher Wright's The Real Mother Goose, this anthology of absurdity unravels the fabric of classic nursery rhymes and stitches them back together (or...

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep...as usual. What starts out as a simple nursery rhyme quickly derails into mayhem. Bo Peep can't find her sheep, but readers will, and they'll be coaching Bo from the sidelines as they watch her mischievous sheep swiping mittens from kittens, toppling Humpty Dumpty, and trampling Mary's garden. Dozens of beloved Mother Goose characters have cameos...and all have run-ins with the sheep. Readers will giggle all the...

Presents the nursery rhyme of Little Miss Muffet, first from the perspective of Miss Muffet, and then from the perspective of the spider.

Presents the tale of Humpty Dumpty from Humpty's perspective, and separately from the perspective of the King's Men.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock. The clock is ticking. Have some timely fun as you read this collection of 20 nursery rhymes about telling time." -- Page [4] of cover.

A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

An illustrated collection of twenty nursery rhymes about bedtime.

A collection of Beatrix Potter's rhymes and drawings of various animals.

Favorite nursery rhymes and songs illustrated by Tomie dePaola.

Presents an alphabet book from A to Z exploring concepts related to time, how it is chronicled, Zulu time, and important inventors like Albert Einstein and John Harrison, who worked with concepts of time.