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-Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild.- -- Virginia Quarterly Review -In Still's Mother Goose, familiar characters face new problems and offer their folk wisdom to a new generation of readers.- -- The Appalachian Quarterly -Still's poetry is musical and mountain-made, and full of fun. The illustrations and the poems are simply perfect for small children -- fun to hear and good for learning to read oneself. James Still has done it again -- he has written a book for the ages.- -- The (Maysville, KY) Ledger-Independent -Fun reading for both kids and adults and is a fine example of one regional author's use of folklore.- -- Ozarks Mountaineer -Still's rhymes and riddles are always fun.- -- Maysville Ledger-Independent -This slim volume is sure to prove a hit with children everywhere.- -- Library Lane -Young and old alike will love these funny, lively, rhymes -- guaranteed to bring on the giggles and set the toes to tapping. The best and most revered of Appalachian writers, James Still astonishes us with the purity of his language and the fresh truth of his vision.- -- Lee Smith -There's a distinctively personal, as well as regional, flavor that is very gratifying.- -- Kirkus Reviews -Still's understanding of children and learning inspired him to give new life to Mother Goose, by using words children can relate to and be amused by.- -- Kentucky Monthly Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild. -- Virginia Quarterly Review In Still's Mother Goose, familiar characters face new problems and offer their folk wisdom to a new generation of readers. -- The Appalachian Quarterly Still's poetry is musical and mountain-made, and full of fun. The illustrations and the poems are simply perfect for small children -- fun to hear and good for learning to read oneself. James Still has done it again -- he has written a book for the ages. -- The (Maysville, KY) Ledger-Independent Fun reading for both kids and adults and is a fine example of one regional author's use of folklore. -- Ozarks Mountaineer Still's rhymes and riddles are always fun. -- Maysville Ledger-Independent This slim volume is sure to prove a hit with children everywhere. -- Library Lane Young and old alike will love these funny, lively, rhymes -- guaranteed to bring on the giggles and set the toes to tapping. The best and most revered of Appalachian writers, James Still astonishes us with the purity of his language and the fresh truth of his vision. -- Lee Smith There's a distinctively personal, as well as regional, flavor that is very gratifying. -- Kirkus Reviews Still's understanding of children and learning inspired him to give new life to Mother Goose, by using words children can relate to and be amused by. -- Kentucky Monthly Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild. -- Virginia Quarterly Review In Still's Mother Goose, familiar characters face new problems and offer their folk wisdom to a new generation of readers. -- The Appalachian Quarterly Still's poetry is musical and mountain-made, and full of fun. The illustrations and the poems are simply perfect for small children -- fun to hear and good for learning to read oneself. James Still has done it again -- he has written a book for the ages. -- The (Maysville, KY) Ledger-Independent Fun reading for both kids and adults and is a fine example of one regional author's use of folklore. -- Ozarks Mountaineer Still's rhymes and riddles are always fun. -- Maysville Ledger-Independent This slim volume is sure to prove a hit with children everywhere. -- Library Lane Young and old alike will love these funny, lively, rhymes -- guaranteed to bring on the giggles and set the toes to tapping. The best and most revered of Appalachian writers, James Still astonishes us with the purity of his language and the fresh truth of his vision. -- Lee Smith There's a distinctively personal, as well as regional, flavor that is very gratifying. -- Kirkus Reviews Still's understanding of children and learning inspired him to give new life to Mother Goose, by using words children can relate to and be amused by. -- Kentucky Monthly

<p> Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild. -- Virginia Quarterly Review

Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild. -- Virginia Quarterly Review In Still's Mother Goose, familiar characters face new problems and offer their folk wisdom to a new generation of readers. -- The Appalachian Quarterly Still's poetry is musical and mountain-made, and full of fun. The illustrations and the poems are simply perfect for small children -- fun to hear and good for learning to read oneself. James Still has done it again -- he has written a book for the ages. -- The (Maysville, KY) Ledger-Independent Fun reading for both kids and adults and is a fine example of one regional author's use of folklore. -- Ozarks Mountaineer Still's rhymes and riddles are always fun. -- Maysville Ledger-Independent Young and old alike will love these funny, lively, rhymes -- guaranteed to bring on the giggles and set the toes to tapping. The best and most revered of Appalachian writers, James Still astonishes us with the purity of his language and the fresh truth of his vision. -- Lee Smith There's a distinctively personal, as well as regional, flavor that is very gratifying. -- Kirkus Reviews Still's understanding of children and learning inspired him to give new life to Mother Goose, by using words children can relate to and be amused by. -- Kentucky Monthly This slim volume is sure to prove a hit with children everywhere. -- Library Lane

A gatherer of folklore puts a backwoods twist on familiar nursery rhymes - Jack Pratt would not eat fat,/His wife would not eat lean,/If baked opossum was on the table/They both ate as long as able - to which Johnson's figures, in comically ingenuous black-and-white vignettes and full-page drawings, add a suitably rural air. Catfish, sugar-tits, moonshine, Jockey Day, and griddle cakes fit into the rhymes as if they'd been there all along; Still's language, his brand of irony, and some of his ideas (Peter Pumpkin Eater's wife sells bows and bells/And now she keeps him very well ) have a contemporary tone that takes the collection beyond a literary exercise. It's not entirely new, but there's a distinctively personal, as well as regional, flavor that is very gratifying. (Kirkus Reviews)

Ancient rhymer, grand old timer, seeks his inner child. Plays fast and loose with Mother Goose, drives this reader wild. -- Virginia Quarterly Review

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Since the early 1930s, James Still made his home in eastern Kentucky, living in an ancient log cabin on Dead Mare Branch and supporting himself by farming, teaching, and serving as librarian for the Hindman Settlement School. He is the author of several works of fiction, among them River of Earth, The Run for the Elbertas, An Appalachian Mother Goose, and of the collection of poems, From the Mountain, From the Valley.

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