Southern Mother Goose

by David Davis, Herb Leonhard (Illustrator)

Overview

Mother Goose heads down south!

This collection of forty-six original poems imbues popular nursery rhymes with a Southern twang. Beginning readers will encounter Chattahoochee Charlie, Miami Mary, Little Hannah from Savannah, Old King Cajun, and many more characters from across the South. Y'all better be ready for rambunctious personalities, beloved rhymes, and charming illustrations on every page!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455617609
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/27/2013
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	1,019,520
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

David Davis is the author of almost a dozen books with Pelican, including Jazz Cats, a 2002 Children's Book Choice selection; Librarian's Night Before Christmas; Nurse's Night Before Christmas; Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book; Texas Aesop's Fables; Texas Mother Goose; and Texas Zeke and the Longhorn. Four of his books have earned spots on the Accelerated Reader list. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas.

Herb Leonhard received a BFA in illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. His award-winning work has appeared in D Magazine, among other publications. He is the illustrator of several other Pelican books, including St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice, Way Out West on My Little Pony, A Southern Child’s Garden of Verses, Leonardo’s Monster, I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word, A Is for Alliguitar: Musical Alphabeasts, and Southern Mother Goose. Leonhard lives in Prosser, Washington.