12/15/2023 0 Comments Jack be nimble mother goose![]() There's nothing overly warm and fuzzy here-these rhymes are a sophisticated riff that will appeal to some children but possibly more to adults. The multitudes of cartoonlike characters, some rather sinister looking, bear the artist's trademark elliptical black bug eyes. Bold and richly hued illustrations, both computer-generated and produced using spray paint on wood panels, drench every page with jazzy, chaotic, and contemporary detail and visual gags. Indeed, these modernized rhymes serve primarily as a vehicle for the wildly detailed artwork, which is the real strength here. ![]() The fractured rhymes are hip and jokey but presuppose familiarity with the original versions for readers to appreciate them, and the poetic underpinnings of meter and rhyme sometimes lapse. Several dozen familiar nursery rhymes have been "re-nurseried, re-rhymed, re-mothered and re-goosed" to produce "Little Asleep Bo Peep," "Mary Had a Little Band," "Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away," "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Sneaker," and so on. ![]() ![]() K-Gr 5-With its color-saturated pop-art cover featuring a modish Mother Goose wielding a can of spray paint, this is not your traditional nursery rhyme book. Professional Recommendation/Review #2: Kathleen Finn (School Library Journal) Seibold's distinctive illustrations-here his digital art features spray-painted backgrounds-set a funky, hip scene for the "re-nurseried and re-rhymed" tales. The results vary in success some of the pieces are memorable for their humor while others fall flat. (4) K-3 From Jack and Jill and Bill (a pickle wearing a jaunty hat) to Little Miss Muffet (pronounced Muf-fay), Seibold tweaks the Mother Goose classics. Title: Other Goose: Re-Nurseried!! and Re-Rhymed!! Childrens Classicsīrief Book Summary Professional Recommendation/Review #1: (Hornbook) 80 pp. Could be a fun bed-time story too, especially with its ending that encourages the audience to “go to bed, and I’ll see you in the morning!” Teachers could use the book to introduce the concept of story-retelling, and as a follow up have students attempt to write their own take on a classic Mother Goose rhyme. The wild, cartoonish, pop-art inspired illustrations are alive with vivid color and crazy characters that are a fitting compliment to the whacky versus. Otto Seibold, introduces his rhymes by telling the reader that Mother Goose’s rhymes have become “quite dusty over time…I have made them more modern, more fresh,” and he’s done just that. Humpty Dumpty went to the mall,” are not going to be fully appreciated by a reader that does not know the classic telling of Humpty Dumpty. Rhymes like, “Humpty Dumpty wasn’t that tall. This playful, “re-nurseried, re-rhymed,” twist on classic Mother Goose tales is a great book for readers with a familiarity with the classic versions of Mother Goose rhymes. It’s not the book I would recommend for introducing Mother Goose tales to a reader, but I can definitely see a very clear place for it on the Mother Goose shelf at the library. James has three children and resides in Oakland, California. Olive, the Other Reindeer was a New York Times Bestseller and the movie version was nominated for an Emmy Award. Going to the Getty won an Art Directors Club Illustration Award. Lunch won for most memorable character in a lead role. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride won a Cuffie Award from Publisher's Weekly Mr. His book Penguin Dreams was named a New York Times "Best Illustrated Book". He has done freelance illustration for years including clients such as Nike, Time Warner, Girl Skateboards, Pixar, Comcast, Giant Robot, Target, TiVo, 826 Detroit, Quaker Oats, Fox Entertainment, Gnu Skateboards, Swatch, and Nordstrom. His art has been shown at Mass MOCA, Deitch Projects NYC, The Getty LA, Contemporary Jewish Museum SF, Grass Hut Portland, MOCA LA, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts SF, Gallery Paule Anglim SF, Oakland Museum CA, Juxtapoz Gallery Detroit, and Galerie Impare in Paris. His 1997 book Olive, the Other Reindeer led to an animated television special of the same name. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride, published by Viking in 1993, was the first children's picture book to be created with digital media. With no formal art training, he was able to sneak into the art world during the "outsider art" craze of the 1990s. American artist and children's book creator.
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