''The Random House Book of Mother Goose: a Treasury of More Than 300 Classic Nursery Rhymes'' is a 1986 collection of over 300

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 ...

Arnold Lobel Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933 – December 4, 1987) was an American author of children's books, including the '' Frog and Toad'' series and '' Mouse Soup''. He wrote and illustrated these picture books as well as ''Fables'', a 1981 Caldecott M ...

. It was republished in 1997 as ''The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose''.

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, writing for The

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called it "an almost continuous round of noise and fun and feasting." writing "One admirable feature of this new edition of ''Mother Goose'' is its generous inclusiveness." and although "Readers of a generation raised on earlier visualizations of ''Mother Goose'' may regret some aspects of Mr. Lobel's version.", concluded "on balance this is a wonderful new edition of these classic rhymes,". ''

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'' wrote "All in all, this is an ample and robust volume, vibrant with the many human conditions that gave rise to the rhymes in the first place: quirks, incongruities, injustices, nightmares, absurdities, laughter, hopes, dreams." Parents' Choice awarded it a gold medal and wrote "The day Mother Goose met Mr. Lobel was a fortunate day."

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1986 children's books 1997 children's books Collections of nursery rhymes Picture books by Arnold Lobel {{child-book-stub

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