F has been learning and playing around the traditional nursery rhymes at school. And even though we were already familiar with them and had a couple of books at home, I decided to buy a new one. This version is quite complete and nicely illustrated by Scott Gustafson. The book was recommended by F's teacher when we went to visit Books of Wonder with the school, which is a very nice children's bookstore here in New York.
Every night, F asks to read one or two nursery rhymes. I can't complain, I think is great. And they say nursery rhymes help to improve children's vocabulary and, of course, is a great memorizing exercise.
P.S: If you have babies and you are completely lost (as I was when F was born) with the traditional English songs for children, I really recommend this book. It comes with a very nice CD with the most popular songs and in the book you'll find 80 nursery rhymes, explained with a lot of humor. The first part of the title, Humpty Who?, couldn't have been more appropriate for me, given that I had to sing this song every week in our mommy and me swimming class and I had no idea who that Humpty Dumpty was. Having received a French education, I grew up with La Fontaine's Fables, as opposed to, the Mother Goose rhymes. Never too late to learn new things...
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