Szekeres' Mother Goose

Szekeres has crammed her collection of Mother Goose rhymes with rollicking backgrounds, frolicsome animals and calico patch trimmings. The cock that ""crows in the morn'' wears long, white underwear, a downy white Mother Goose bids small mice to help themselves to her quills, and there is even a stray subway token in a pint-size box. Jack and Jill (two mice) go up an inflatable swimming pool hill, in the middle of which sits a fat baby pig. The little dog that's laughing ``to see such a sport'' is actually flat on her back with glee. There are many more cute details to pore over in this bookan eyeful for any toddler. Ages 2-5. (July)