Blanche Fisher Wright (1887–1938)

I was skeptical at first. And frankly, I don't think I will ever use this book in a storytime setting. But, just as in the vein of the Stinky Cheese Man, comes mad libs, morse code, and pig latin versions of well known nursery rhymes. Some made me laugh. Some made me just roll my eyes. But kids will find it funny.

The illustrations, though, I am definitely not a fan of. They are vintage....ish, which isn't my issue. They just feel gross. They won't catch the eye of readers I don't expect. =",,,1,0
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Jon Scieszka brings his signature humor and playfulness to nursery rhymes. Read Humpty Dumpty transformed by computer translation from one language to another and back to English. What might a book report on Jack Be Nimble mention? How about a Jabberwocky version of Old Mother Hubbard?

I love things that play with language and found this an absolutely delightful rewriting of classic nursery rhymes. There are notes at the end that explain various things used to transform them, whether it was Esperanto or Morse code or the military alphabet, and a little about the history of Mother Goose as well.… (mehr)