Product Description

Presents forty well-known songs and nursery rhymes in rebus form.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2309956 in Books
• Published on: 1989-03-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 6 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Favorite nursery rhymes are retold in rebus form, with Carson's pictures and tinted rubber-stamp impressions. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K Marzollo uses the concept of rebuses to turn nursery rhymes and simple songs into puzzles. Rubber stamp images and colored pencil drawings successfully create an old-fashioned feeling, but the pictures used to symbolize the words are often beyond the realm of a preschooler child's experience. Even with parental assistance, some of the symbols are undecipherable or more obtuse than is appropriate for pre-readers. Clever in concept, the book quickly becomes trite, so most libraries can skip this one. Better executed are Bunny Rabbit Rebus (Crowell, 1983) by David A. Adler or Irene Coletta's From A to Z (Prentice-Hall, 1979; o.p.). Jeanette Larson, Mesquite Public Library, Tex.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Well loved book
My 4 years old and I have a wonderful time reading the excellent collections of songs and rhymes in this book. The art work is a refreshing break from the familiar cartoon figures found on practically all child's product. My daughter has no problem remembering the symbols and when we have needed to discuss some it has peaked her interest and increased her vocabulary. I also love the old fashion feeling the book has.