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Title: Move over Mother Goose by Ruth I. Dowell, Kathleen Charner, Concetta C. Scott ISBN: 0-87659-113-6 Publisher: Gryphon House Pub. Date: July, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: My response to the title: Why?
Comment: No, I don't believe that Mother Goose should move over for this book although I would be quite willing to make Mother Goose do international.

The intent of this book - to provide a resource for finger play and action verses - is admirable; as a resource it is well organized, chapters on: familar animals, exotic animals, seasons/holidays, people/places, cooking and eating, home and family, fun and games, color and numbers. The problem is that no author can write 100+ pages of one or two rhymes each and maintain the quality that you can find in the folk tradition or anthologies.

Some of the animal verses seem influenced by Ogden Nash - but I would go the O.N. each time: Example: "A boa constrictor / May look like his sister, / But don't make a fatal mistake: / A boa constrictor / Can look like his sister / And still be a dangerous snake!" [I won't subject my children or grandchildren to this].

On the other hand, I find some rhymes that are quite delightful: "Pierre the Bear! O tell me where / To look for honey trees. / If you don't mind, I'd like to find / The ones without the bees!"

The book can be a useful resource but only as one of several resources.