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64 pp.
| Barefoot |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 1-84148-425-3$$18.99
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This very-British collection of forty rhymes includes the familiar (though Anglicized), such as "The Wheels on the Bus," along with others that are distinctly British, e.g., "Hinx, Minx," "Five Currant Buns." Each rhyme includes instruction for accompanying movements. There are more general collections of rhymes, but the homespunlike art, created with fabric and "felt with braid, buttons, beads, and assorted bric-a-brac," is the real draw. Ind.