''Mother Goose's Little Treasures'' is a 2007 children's picture book by

Iona Opie Iona Margaret Balfour Opie, (13 October 1923 – 23 October 2017) and Peter Mason Opie (25 November 1918 – 5 February 1982) were an English married team of folklorists who applied modern techniques to understanding children's literature and ...

. It is a collection of

nursery rhymes A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From t ...

, some little known, chosen by Opie from the

Mother Goose The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. As a character, she appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. This, howeve ...

oeuvre.

''Little Treasures'' contains 22 nursery rhymes: :Here comes Solomon :The leaves are green :Intery, mintery :Handy Spandy :Rosy apple :Mrs. Whirly :Parcel post :Sing, sing :In and out the windows :Little fatty doctor :Oats and beans and barley :Wee melodie man :Chick chick chick chick :What the goose thinketh :Mother, may I? :Little old dog sits under a chair :Uncle John :Cockle shells :Going to Kentucky :The moon shines bright :My maid Mary :Before it gets dark.

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In a star review,

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wrote "This gem, comprising 22 tidbits from little-known nursery rhymes, shines with the charm of old-time rhymes and with Wells' beloved animal and child characters, set down in her signature style." and concludes "this third Opie-Wells treasury of treasures is likely to become a staple in children's collections." and the

School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...

found "The very nature of this book makes it a less-essential purchase than this team's ''My Very First Mother Goose'' (1996) or ''Here Comes Mother Goose'' (1999, both Candlewick), so possibly only larger collections or libraries with lots of Rosemary Wells fans will want it."

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wrote "The pictures may suggest scenarios for some of the more abstract lines here, but young goslings will still benefit most not by trying to make sense of the gnomic verses, but just listening to the rhythms of sound and language in them."

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stated "this is less a title for Everytoddler than one for lovers of rhyme and verse." while The

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, commenting on Opie's introduction, found her "more the Jungian than the scientist." and that "Wells’s pictures for Opie’s collection don’t go far enough in the originality direction."

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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books reviewLibrary holdings of ''Little Treasures''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mother Goose's Little Treasures 2007 children's books British children's books Collections of nursery rhymes American picture books

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