My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells lost words Full color

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My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells lost words Full colorTwenty years after Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells released their first collection of Mother Goose rhymes, the celebrated original is back in a gorgeous anniversary edition. To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved words of Mother Goose. Here, folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest forms, from "Hey Diddle, Diddle and "Pat a Cake" to "Little Jack Horner" and