Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie

Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie

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Rhymes for children featuring the work of numerous illustrators. The cover and title page illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Endpapers illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
Other illustrators / artists include Shirley Hughes, Martin Handford, Helen Oxenbury, John Burninghan, Marc Brown, Kady MacDonald Denton and many more!

The rhymes included here are almost all previously unpublished and they include unusual versions of known nursery rhymes, versions used by the Opies themselves or rhymes sent to them by people who wanted them saved and recorded.

Edition: London: Walker Books, 1988.
Condition: Good condition but missing its dust jacket and wear to the edges along the cover
Format: Hardcover
Age: 2-5

Iona and Peter Opie were a husband-and-wife team researching childhood folklore. They started their work in the 1940s, when the birth of their first child sparked off their interest in nursery rhymes, and over more than four decades, they extended their research into many other areas of children’s culture, including children’s language, customs and beliefs, play and games. The Opies published more than 20 books – anthologies of traditional nursery rhymes, songs and fairy tales, as well as observations and analysis of children’s play and games in the street and in the playground, and the lore and language of schoolchildren.

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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the photo accurately depicts the condition of the book, the colour and imperfections may vary slightly from the images.

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