For many parents the Mother Goose nursery rhymes are the first poems that they explore with their children. Over time Little Miss Muffet, the cow that jumped over the moon, and Wee Willie Winkie all become members of the family. In today's poetry title these characters and others from the Mother Goose rhymes come together to attend a special event hosted by none other than Mother Goose herself!
Mother Goose’s Pajama Party
Mother Goose’s Pajama Party
Danna Smith
Illustrated by Virginia Allyn
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Random House, 2015, 978-0-553-49756-4
One night Mother Goose flies out into the night sky on
the back of her goose companion. In sparkles she leaves a message in the
starlit sky inviting her friends to come to her house at half past eight for a
story time.
The moon is the
first to see the message and she shows it to the cow, who then goes on to tell
Dish who passes on what she has been told to Spoon. Spoon then tells Cats about
the invitation and Cat, being the musician that he is, “fiddled a tune.”
Mother Goose’s
invitation is passed on from character to character, from Jack-a-Dandy to Wee
Willie Winkie, and from Georgie Porgie to Little Bo-Peep. Finally Nimble Jack,
with his candlestick, leads the way to Mother Goose’s house with all the other
nursery rhyme characters following him. Along the way they collect the crooked
man and the cooked mouse and they walk along “the final crooked mile,” until
they come to Mother Goose’s door promptly at eight o’clock.
What follows is
a wonderful evening that is full of treats that the guests and the hostess
alike enjoy.
Written in
wonderful rhyming verse, this picture book brings together some of the most
well-known nursery rhyme characters, who take little children on a memorable
bookish adventure that is full of joy, warmth, and finally comfort.
At the back of
the book children will find the fifteen nursery rhymes that feature the
characters that they met in the book. 
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