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K-3
French presents twelve Mother Goose rhymes and imagines the stories behind them; for example, Little Miss Muffet was only pretending to be afraid of spiders so she could spill her nasty meal. Although generally imaginative (Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary as a mermaid), some of the stories ramble. The four illustrators, each with a different style, capture the stories' humor.