Mother Goose to the Rescue! - Hardcover

Evans, Nate; Brown, Stephanie Gwyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593093577 ISBN 13: 9780593093573

Publisher: Penguin Workshop, 2021

Synopsis

Join Mother Goose and her band of nursery rhyme characters as they jump to the rescue in this rhyming picture book celebrating the heroism of firefighters!

DING-DONG! Alarm bells chime
in Mother Goose's House of Rhyme!

Welcome to Mother Goose's House of Rhyme, where a team of firefighting nursery rhyme characters are ready to leap into the action! When the Queen of Hearts's bakery goes up in flame, Chief Mother Goose, The Five Little Piggies, Mary and her little lamb, and the rest of the team are on the case.

With fun, rhyming text, and featuring classic nursery rhyme characters, Mother Goose to the Rescue is the perfect way to celebrate firefighters everywhere.

About this title

About the Author

Nate Evans is the New York Times best-selling author/illustrator of more than forty children's books, including Ponyella with Laura Numeroff. His most recent picture book is Cookiesaurus Rex, co-authored with Amy Fellner Dominy. Tyrannosaurus Ralph is his first middle-grade graphic novel, with artwork by his brother, Vince Evans. Before turning to his true love--children's books--Nate was a greeting card artist. Nate is also a seventh-grade teacher and loves to share his passion for books with his students.

Stephanie Gwyn Brown experiments with traditional and digital media in her Los Angeles studio. She is an author, painter, poet, illustrator, designer, aspiring puppeteer-musician, and award-winning experimental animator. When not tending her backyard menagerie, she may be found at the Natural History Museum, in a public library, or in a classroom. Stephanie is the author of Professor Aesop's the Crow and the Pitcher, and Bang! Boom! Roar! A Busy Crew of Dinosaurs.

Jessica Gibson is an illustrator from Michigan with a love for animals and nature, traveling, and everything cute. She has loved drawing ever since she was little, and was raised on a healthy diet of reading lots of books. Jessica has worked with various publishers and illustrated books such as Very Lulu and Cookie & Milk. When she not working, she enjoys crafting, cooking, and snuggling with her cats.

Reviews

PreS-K-A heroic Mother Goose stars in this fully reimagined fairy-tale romp. When a tart-baking accident leads to flames engulfing the castle of the King and Queen of Hearts, the firefighters race to quench the fire. Fire chief Mother Goose leads a racially diverse crew, enlisting them with "Hickory, dickory, dock! Let's race to beat the clock! Gear up in forty seconds flat. Strap on boots, striped coats, and hats." Readers will spot Old King Cole, Mary and her lamb, Little Boy Blue, Mary of contrary fame, Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet, Itsy-Bitsy spider, Jack from the beanstalk, and more. Each character contributes with their best nursery rhyme-based skills to get those flames out. For example, Jack and Jill fetch water, Little Boy Blue drives and blows the fire engine horn, Itsy-Bitsy aims the water spout. This clever conceit is matched with great rhymes and a fun-to-act-out text. The crisp and colorful illustrations in a mix of full- and half-page spreads complete this eminently readable tale. VERDICT A plethora of nursery rhyme characters make up the crew in this fast-paced rhyming tale of firefighting derring-do, subverting Mother Goose tropes and delivering lots of punch. Pair with the traditional rhymes.-Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Lib., Troy, NHα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593093577
• ISBN 13: 9780593093573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gibson Jessica
• Number of pages: 32