Excerpt from Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child Jewish girls and boys, these rhymes were written for you - a number of them have been printed before, in The Jewish Child and in The Young Judaean, and it is by their kind permis sion that they are being printed here. But they were not written for editors and publishers; they were written for you. And I truly declare and I do not care what editor reads it - that I care very much more for your opinion of these rhymes that were written for you than I care for the Opinion of any editor. Every author has a fair amount of vanity - I may as well confess it - and I have very much cared and been very happy when I heard that certain boys and girls liked certain of my rhymes. I have never been more proud than I was one day when I found one of my rhymes written in a round school hand on the blackboard in a Hebrew school-room. Forgive my vanity! It is because I love them because I love the Jewish children - that I care so much for their '0pinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Since its original publication in 1985, Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose has become a staple on children’s bookshelves everywhere, and features over two hundred Mother Goose rhymes charmingly illustrated by one of today’s most beloved artists. This special anniversary edition includes a framable print with brand-new art and an author’s note from Tomie, and is sure to continue as a family favorite for generations to come.