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Mother Goose of Pudding Lane

by Chris Raschka and Vladimir Radunsky
Hardback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 01/09/2019

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Celebrated picture book creators Chris Raschka and Vladimir Radunsky offer one possible answer to the age-old question: Who was Mother Goose?

We all love to hear Mother Goose rhymes and riddles. But did you know that there was a real Mother Goose who lived in Boston more than three hundred years ago? In 1692, Elizabeth Foster married a widower with ten children. His name was Isaac Goose, and after they married, Elizabeth became Mother Goose.

She and Isaac had four more children together, and to help her care for such a big and boisterous family, Mother Goose sang songs and lullabies and made up rhymes and poems. Her nursery rhymes and stories were published at a print shop on Pudding Lane in Boston, though no copies of her book exist today.

In a book featuring some of Mother Goose’s best-loved works, Vladimir Radunsky’s bright and humorous illustrations and Chris Raschka’s rhyming poems tell the little-known story of the Goose children, Isaac, and Elizabeth herself — the Mother Goose of Pudding Lane.

  • The completely true and possibly entirely fabricated story of Boston's own Mother Goose. 
  • Includes both traditional nursery rhymes and newly invented ones from Chris Raschka. 
  • From multiple award-winning creators, Chris Raschka and Vladmir Radunsky collaborate on what is sure to be a family treasure.
ISBN:
9780763675233
9780763675233
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-09-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
48
Dimensions (mm):
289.05x222.25x9.91mm
Weight:
0.46kg
Chris Raschka

Chris Raschka is the creator of many distinguished and award-winning books for children. He has received two Caldecott Medals: for The Hello, Goodbye Window, by Norton Juster; and for his own A Ball for Daisy.

He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? Five of his titles have been named New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books.

Chris Raschka was the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and 2016. He lives in NYC with his family.

Vladimir Radunsky

Vladimir Radunsky (1954–2018) illustrated many books for children, including On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne, and was the author-illustrator of such books as The Mighty Asparagus, You?,and I Love You Dude.

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