The Lucy Cousins' Nursery Rhymes Collection (2011) is a boxed set of four 3 1/2 inch by 3 1/2 inch board books titled Little Miss Muffet , Humpty Dumpty , Wee Willie Winkie , and Jack and Jill . Each book holds about ten poems. From what I gather, the books are down-sized versions of stand-alones published between 1996 and 1997. The new collection is just right for toddlers. Pictures carry animal chatter for 1-year-olds and line-ups of countable items for 2- and 3-year-olds . . . two dicky birds, three fiddlers, five fish. How many blackbirds are baked in a pie? If you've forgotten, check out Humpty Who? by Jennifer Griffin. Mother Goose matters. Sing-song rhythms accent words for learning. The mouse ran up the clock . Action rhymes produce off-the-page play: "This Little Piggy" and "Patty Cake." Rhyming words prime young ears for language sounds awareness, a correlate of reading skills development. HONK if your baby likes Mother Goo...
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