The Real Mother Goose Pictures Rhymes by Wright, Blanche Fishe

 

Title: The Real Mother Goose Pictures 

Author: Wright, Blanche Fisher

Illustrator: Wright, Blanche Fisher

Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Anthology,  Children Literature, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales

Award: None

Ages: 4-6 Years old

Summary:

This picture word book has mini stories, in which children can learn how to rhyme and hear similar sound patterns. The stories only take one page. So, for every time the reader turns the page, there tells a different story. In one mini story, called the Five Toes, the mother sits on a rocking chair, and she shows her daughter how to count her five toes. The mother calls her daughter's toes piggy. Instead, of the reader seeing the word pig, the reader sees a picture of a pig, and at the bottom of the pages, there are words under the picture that explains for every picture that the poem uses. So, the reader will definitely encounter several pictures throughout the poem. I also, noticed that some pictures may sound similar to a word, but may not be the right word to use in the context. The author's intention was to make the picture sound similar to a word. For instance, in one poem, the author used the picture of a bee, when the word was be. 

Book Evaluation: 

1) I would not recommend this book to my class because it was a complicated book to read through with ease. I had to look at the bottom of the pages several times because I did not understand what the picture meant, sometimes. Even, when I got the idea, I still had to look back at the picture meaning. For instance, there was a picture of the letter s, and a picture of an oar. The picture meant sore, but it was hard to remember this word as I kept reading through. Therefore, I do not think children will enjoy reading this book because this would be confusing for them, since there are allot of word switching. 

2) If I were to recommend this book, I would include the grades, Pre-Kinder to First grade.

3) If I were to recommend this book, I would include this book in the Units of Language Arts. Before, reading the poems, I would teach them the basics of writing. For instance, I would teach them Phonemes. In the activity, I would use magnet letters. For my beginners, I would probably use pictures to help them with pronunciation as the book did, but I would still be using the magnet letters to help them see the words correctly.