Miss Mary Mack and Other Children's Street Rhymes

by Joanna Cole, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator), Stephanie Calmenson

Overview

Quick! What color was Miss Mary Mack wearing when she went upstairs to make her bed? And what did Miss Lucy name her baby boy?

Discover the answers to these questions inside, along with more than one hundred fabulous handclaps and street rhymes. From "I'm a Pretty Little Dutch Girl" to "A, My Name Is Alice," every one of them is as much fun to read as it is to sing, chant, or recite.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780688097493
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/25/1990
Series:	Activity Book Series
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Joanna Cole is the author of the popular Magic School Bus series, I'm a Big Brother, I'm a Big Sister, and many other award-winning books. In Asking About Sex & Growing Up, she provides a reassuring blend of practical guidance and scientific fact for the audience that needs it most.

Stephanie Calmenson is the author of many acclaimed books for children. They have been called "marvelous" (Publishers Weekly), "lyrical" (School Library Journal), and "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (ALA Booklist). Her books include Dinner at the Panda Palace, a PBS Storytime Book; Welcome, Baby! Baby Rhymes for Baby Times; Good for You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times; and Kindergarten Kids: Riddles, Rebuses, Wiggles, Giggles, and More!

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 3-- A collection of over 100 traditional childhood hand-clapping and street rhymes. Ball-bouncing rhymes, counting-out rhymes, and favorite teases, taunts, and comebacks include ``Miss Mary Mack,'' `` I Am a Pretty Little Dutch Girl,'' and ``A, My Name Is Alice.'' Tiegreen's lighthearted pen-and-ink illustrations are sure to tickle the fancy of young readers. Completing this treasury is a bibliography of sources of more street games and an index of first lines. A book that's sure to produce smiles in any story hour or program. --Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA

School Library Journal