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4-color cover with wonderful, whimsical original illustrations, makes this, the 2nd Edition of THE FEMINIST REVISED MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES the best yet. Judith & Jessica, along with Judith's son, Rafe & his best friend, Zi, have collaborated to bring this expanded version of these timeless rhymes to readers both young & old. In addition to the original 25 rewritten rhymes, Judith & Jessica have rewritten more & included their original forms in an appendix with much more history of the original rhymes & an annotated bibliography! Also included in a new section called, "From the Mouths of Babes," is a series of original rhymes as told by children from Pacific Northwest playgrounds. These new rhymes include THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, which reads: "Australia big, Australia wide/That's where the Tasmanian Devil may hide./If you go looking for it, WATCH OUT!/He's got a terribly hungry snout./& if you happen to get too close,/You might get nibbled on (I suppose)." & FARLEY: "Old man Marley, had a friend named Farley/& a weird old Farley was he./He glowed in the dark/& he sparked & he sparked,/& ran away yelling 'yippey!'"Maxwell, Judith is the author of 'Feminist Revised Mother Goose A 21St-Century Children's Edition' with ISBN 9780963269874 and ISBN 0963269879.
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