{"product_id":"sing-song-a-nursery-rhyme-book-paperback","title":"Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina G. Rossetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor parents and children, these timeless verses are a marvelous way of capturing the joy of childhood -- reproduced here with original Victorian illustrations. 120 poems. 120 illustrations by Arthur Hughes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood poetry for children is rare. Few collections, few single poems in fact, survive beyond a few years of popularity. There are exceptions -- the poetry and verse of Walter de la Mare, Lewis Carroll, and Edward Lear come to mind. Still rarer is successful children's poetry by a poet known equally for other work, such as Christina Rossetti.\u003cbr\u003eThese verses -- deceptively simple, light, often like a nursery rhyme in character -- consider such topics as childhood activities, children's cruelty and gentleness, roses and wild flowers, nesting birds and farm animals, cold winter and blossoming spring. Many pose riddles and conundrums (A hill has no leg, but has a foot;\/A wine-glass a stem, but not a root).\u003cbr\u003eThis is the only edition in print to reproduce the poems with the illustrations which originally accompanied them. Engravings by Arthur Hughes, one of the best-known illustrators of the Victorian era, catch the mood of each verse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSing-Song\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting name for this collection: many of the verses capture the cadence of the ballad. Children will enjoy their music. Parents will find the simple content and lyrical language of the verses ideal for reading aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.07 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1968\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756127617312,"sku":"9780486221076","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab36762f32b08b1825daa726fad92d32.webp?v=1780074965","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sing-song-a-nursery-rhyme-book-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}