Little Miss Muffet Counts to Ten - Softcover

Clark, Emma Chichester

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842709550 ISBN 13: 9781842709559

Publisher: Andersen Press, 2009

Synopsis

In the nursery rhyme, the spider frightened Miss Muffet away. Well, not this time. The spider asks her to stay, and politely she does. Then come the animals: two, three, four, five—bearing gifts, and delicacies, and decorations. But why? Find out in this riotous new picture book.

About this title

About the Author:

Emma Chichester Clark has written and illustrated numerous acclaimed children's books, including Eliza and the Moonchild; I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!; It Was You, Blue Kangaroo; Listen to This; and No More Kissing. She won the Mother Goose Award in 1988.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—It all begins with the traditional nursery rhyme until...spider asks Little Miss Muffet to stay and she does. Before long she is surrounded by two lemurs with streamers, three magpies with bow-ties, four foxes with boxes, five pussycats wearing party hats, six poodles carrying noodles, seven bears setting up tables and chairs, eight puffins bearing blueberry muffins, and nine gibbons bringing balloons tied with ribbons. Then 10 crocodiles wearing greedy smiles arrive with a big box. The frightened Miss Muffet is delighted to discover they have brought her a birthday cake, and a party ensues. The text is spot-on as Clark keeps the rhyming pattern of the original nursery rhyme and makes it her own. As the story progresses, readers will wonder who will show up next, what will they bring, and, more importantly, why. The whimsical illustrations show plenty of activity as the number of characters increases, but they never descend into overwhelming busyness and many invite closer inspection. Perfect for storytime or individual sharing.—Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1842709550
• ISBN 13: 9781842709559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Clark Emma Chichester