A great way to introduce the Mother Goose rhymes to the youngest readers, this charming collection includes "Baa Baa Black Sheep," "Jack and Jill," "Little Miss Muffet," and "Hey Diddle Diddle." Featuring some of Tomie's warmest and funniest illustrations, Tomie's Baa Baa Black Sheep and Other Rhymes will instantly become a nursery favorite.

Bestselling author/illustrator Tomie dePaola feels like singing! And this books ten well-known songs, like Its Raining, Its Pouring and Three Blind Mice, will have you singing, too. The accessible trim, appliqué cover, and beautiful illustrations by Tomie dePaola make this collection of songs a great addition to any childs library.

This is an unusual but beautiful collection of poems, prose and wordless picture stories to celebrate the winter season. Throughout the book Hughes' vibrant and sensitive illustrations of wintery scenes link the stories seamlessly.

Presenting a delightful collection of children's favoriteMother Goose rhymes, lovingly illustrated with full-color paintingsby Tomie dePaola. Young readers and their parents will enjoymeeting up with familiar friends, including Old King Cole, LittleBo Peep, Jack and Jill, and many more, in a book that is sure tobecome a story hour favorite.

"Bobby Shaftoe, Old Mother Hubbard, Simple Simon, JackSprat, Little Miss Muffet . . . they are all here, along with 200others . . . From start to finish a treasure house ofdelight"--Booklist starred review. "Destined to become aclassic."--The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations. A Horn BookFanfare Book.

Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books, firstpublished in the 1920s, have been known and loved by generations.Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barkerbelieved in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawingfrom life. Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combinationof naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. Each of Barker's four seasonal books features poems and full-colorillustrations of at least 19 flowers that bloom during a particularseason.

Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books, firstpublished in the 1920s, have been known and loved by generations.Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barkerbelieved in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawingfrom life. Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combinationof naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. Each of Barker's four seasonal books features poems andfull-color illustrations of at least 19 flowers that bloom during aparticular season.

First published in the 1920s, the "Flower Fairy" books byCicely Mary Barker have delighted generations of children withtheir exquisite illustrations and engaging poems. In "FlowerFairies of the Wayside" we meet no less than nineteen fairies, whoencourage us to look at nature and learn to appreciate the truebeauty and wonder of the 'ordinary' world around us.