As this collection adeptly illustrates, nursery rhymes not only evoke innocence, discovery, and joy for children of all ages, but they also can educate and celebrate tradition. Ring Around the Moon features original rhyming poems in a time-honored Appalachian style that acknowledges the importance of the region and its rich heritage while introducing readers to the whimsical and enchanting world of Mommy Goose.
With Kentucky-flavored language and subject matter, this volume brings together the words, art, and music of Appalachia. The poems present classic Appalachian subjects—leaving the homeplace to find work, mountain folklore, country life versus city life—and touch on a wide range of broader themes, such as bullying, gender roles, the power of language, and the power of kindness. This work is illustrated with more than 170 hand-painted carvings by renowned folk artist Minnie Adkins, often referred to as America’s most important female wood carver. With sheet music for the original song ‘Ring Around the Moon’ complementing the text, this multifaceted book entertains while capturing the spirit and expanding the range of traditional Appalachian nursery rhymes to reach a new generation of readers.
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Зміст
About Mommy Goose
Hearing Voices
The Flea and the Fly
Boone, the Raccoon
Granpaw’s Possum
Find a Penny, Hold It in Your Hand
The Queen of Carrots
The Mare
Millard Polk
How to Eat a Biscuit
I Like to Write the Things I Write
Love and Money
Work and Play
The Crows
Numbers Are Words
Ring Around the Moon
Grandaddy Longlegs
The Pig’s Reply
Freda Mae Frye
I’ll Tell You What I Did Near Dawn
The City Cat
The Mule
The Wish Book
EXTRA EGGS
Blackberry Jam
Uncle Alford
Contrary Fever
The Days
Faultfinding Tom
The Play Party
Time and Space
Wealth
December 31
The Backwards Shack
The Board Race
The Bluebird
Little Lessons
The Flu
When I Call
Arguing
In for a Penny
Pink and Blue
What the Old Man Said
Just One Word
Dark and Light
Who Is Us?
Time
The Salt Shaker
January
February
March
The Vine
GOOSE TALES
One-Eyed Jack
The Mirror
The Hill
Guess the Word
Mommy Goose’s Goodbye
‘Ring Around the Moon, ‘ words and music by Mike Norris
About the author and illustrator
Про автора
Minnie Adkins is a folk artist with permanent collections at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, the Huntington Museum of Art, and the Kentucky Folk Art Center. She won the the Kentucky Arts Council’s Artist Award honoring lifetime achievement in the arts and holds an honorary doctorate from Morehead State University. She has contributed essays to numerous collections on folk art and crafts.Більше електронних книг того самого автора / Редактор
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