Mary Had a Little Lamb

by Iza Trapani, Iza Trapani (Illustrator)

Overview

Everyone knows the story of Mary and her little lamb with fleece as white as snow. But what happens one day when the lamb decides to go off alone?

Fans of Iza Trapani will delight as this adorable little lamb wanders across the farm, meeting an assortment of equally appealing characters. From a big brown horse to a tough old goose to a pen full of happy pigs, children will laugh out loud as Mary's little lamb stumbles from one mess to the next in this fun-filled rhyming adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580890908
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Series:	Iza Trapani's Extended Nursery Rhymes
Edition description:	1ST PBK
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 9.63(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Iza Trapani is the best-selling author/illustrator of several children's books, including TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR; I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT; THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER; and RUFUS AND FRIENDS: RHYME TIME. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.

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Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.

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Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 1-There have been many additions and revisions to this much-loved poem since Sarah Josepha Hale's 12-line "Mary's Lamb" was first published. Now, Trapani takes the lamb through a series of new slapstick adventures in 12 new verses. As the author sees it, the free-spirited animal is not the sort to wait around for Mary. Exploring a barnyard, it is first knocked down by a horse, then terrorized by a tough goose, before being drenched by a cow, butted into the air by a goat, and covered in muck when it lands in the pigpen. But farm girl Mary comes to the rescue, gently shampoos her lamb, feeds and kisses it, and tucks it into bed. The bright and lively watercolor illustrations are sweet but not saccharine. The animal's expressive face starts out full of adventurous confidence, gradually changing through many variations of increasingly comic dismay, until finally it is snuggled all safe and sleepy into its bunk. The music appears at the end of the book, though to sing all of the verses would get monotonous. Read aloud rather than sung, the text works well for storytime; preschoolers will find it both humorous and reassuring.-Marian Drabkin, Richmond Public Library, CA

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