Will You Be Mine?: A Nursery Rhyme Romance

by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher Tildes (Illustrator)

Overview

"On Sunday morning my love will come in,
When he shall marry me with a gold ring."

A hardworking cat, an ingénue dog, and a collection of Mother Goose rhymes combine in this charming Valentine picture book. Our romantic leads meet, court, propose, and wed, then honeymoon to London to visit the Queen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580892452
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Phyllis Limbacher Tildes is the author/illustrator of ANIMALS IN CAMOUFLAGE, BABY ANIMALS BLACK AND WHITE, as well as the illustrator of APPLES and PUMPKINS. She lives in Savannah, Georgia.

Editorial Reviews

Nursery rhymes provide the text for an animal romance. "Hickory, dickory dock," it begins; in this version, it's not a grandfather clock but an alarm clock that the mouse is running down, and it wakes up the farmer cat, asleep in his bed. More rhymes, familiar and less so, spawn stories on the busy farm. While a dog, cat and pig—all attired in country dresses and bonnets—gather hay, the farmer cat begins a flirtation by tipping his hat to a pretty female poodle.And while "This little piggy went to market," poodle and cat prepare to marry. The mice make wedding garments; after the ceremony, the bride leads a procession that begins with "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross." At the reception: "I danced with the girl with a hole in her stocking." Tilde's rhyme selection is occasionally forced, but her illustrations are bold and bright, and the friendly animals are dead ringers for those in classic Mother Goose books. A pleasant spin on tradition. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews