The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury Of Complete Nonsense

The classic nursery rhymes we know and loveùupside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of boundsùas only Jon Scieszka could stage them Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by DadaismÆs rejection of reason and rational thinking, and in cahoots with Blanche Fisher WrightÆs The Real Mother Goose, this anthology of absurdity unravels the fabric of classic nursery rhymes and stitches them back together (or not quite together) in every clever way possible. One by one, cherished nursery rhymesùfrom ôHumpty Dumptyö to ôHickory Dickory Dock,ö ôJack Be Nimbleö to ôMother Hubbardöùfall prey to sly subversion as master of fracture Jon Scieszka and acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman refashion them into comics strips, errant book reports, anagrams, and manic mash-ups. Playfully reconstructed, the thirty-six old-new rhymes invite further baloney, bringing kids in on the joke and inviting them to revel in reimagining. Featuring robust back matter, this irreverent take on the rhymes of childhood is a great gift for child readers, a rich classroom resource across grade levels, and a love song to a living language.

• | Author: Jon Scieszka
• | Publisher: Candlewick
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 80 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Juvenile Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0763694347
• | ISBN-13: 9780763694340