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64 pp.
| Philomel |
September, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-399-23744-5$$17.99
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Seventy nursery rhymes, from the familiar to the less well known ("There was an old soldier of Bister"), share the spotlight with folk artist Moses's delightfully detailed oil paintings. On each alternating double-page spread, a few rhymes are paired with spot illustrations of characters. The complete illustration follows, incorporating the characters in a nursery rhyme landscape. Two pages of riddles in rhyme end the playful presentation. Ind.