Product Description

Nursery rhymes have been well-loved for generations because they comfort, entertain and delight children. With this sweet collection, Kady MacDonald Denton captures the joy and magic of childhood. Her charming illustrations and thoughtful selection of 145 favorites will appeal to children at different stages in their lives. A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes is a book for families to share for years to come, with young children learning new rhymes, verses and songs, and parents rediscovering old favorites.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #791888 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

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Children's illustrator and author Kady MacDonald Denton won the Governor General's Award for A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. This language-loving selection of Mother Goose classics is enriched with children's rhymes from other cultures, including China, India, and Africa--even one published in the original Zulu--and embellished by delightfully impish watercolours. Denton, whose other prizes include the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbons Illustration Award for 'Til the Stars Have Fallen and a Mr. Christie's Book Award for The Story of Little Quack, was given free rein to choose whichever rhymes she found most delightful. She based her Child's Treasury on her own and her children's childhood favourites, plus some gems she discovered while researching this project.

The book is divided into four sections: rhymes for baby, toddler, and schoolchild, and "All Join In," which features riddles (with clues provided among the illustrations), limericks, and tongue-twisters that reveal Denton's love of wordplay. Her illustrations--particularly those that divide a poem into four comic strip-like panels--resemble those Maurice Sendak created for I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book, as does the frolicsome tone. Marginal illustrations with single lines of text that are tucked into the upper corner of each page and together form hidden rhymes and rhyme medleys--one for each of the Treasury's four sections--make a particularly charming touch. (Baby to age 9). --Deirdre Hanna

Review
Kady MacDonald Denton’s friendly watercolours make this an especially inviting collection. (Today’s Parent )

This 145-poem collection is indeed a treasury. There is a wealth of material to take you all through childhood and, in the case of the adult reader, back again. The design is lively, achieving unity and variety ? (Quill and Quire )

About the Author
Kady MacDonald Denton has illustrated numerous children's titles, including Before I Go to Sleep, 'Til All the Stars Have Fallen and A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, which won the Governor General's Award. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario.