cover image Book of Nursery Rhymes

Book of Nursery Rhymes

D. Wallis, Diz Wallis. Handprint Books, $19.95 (116pp) ISBN 978-1-929927-36-4

Diz Wallis selects and illustrates a keepsake collection of 100 classics for the youngest audience, Ragged Bear's Nursery Rhymes. Along with ""Little Miss Muffett,"" ""Rub-a-Dub-Dub"" and ""Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"" there are also lesser known rhymes such as ""Remember, Remember, the 5th of November"" in honor of England's Guy Fawkes Day. Wallis's watercolors provide bright accompaniment. An afterword provides an interesting history of nursery rhymes. ( Nov.)