books by Iona Opie     books:       The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York Review Books Classics)2 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie NYRB Classics, 2001 Rhymes and reasons Most of the material for this book was gathered fifty years ago in British schools, but I'm sure readers in all countries, for all time, will find it amusing and revealing. When I'd finished it, I felt I had a greater insight into children's minds and concerns, which they express, of course, in the games they play and the rhymes they say. I felt at the same time great respect for children. For ...             The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes6 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1951 Simply wonderfull! It's simply wonderfull! More than 500 nursery rhymes, lullabies, riddles with intresting notices about origin. A real treasure for me and for my site: www.filastrocche.it.             The Oxford Book of Children's Verse (Oxford Books of Verse)1 review Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Great poetry selection This book has a large selection of wonderful poems. Some are funny, some are touching, and all of them were enjoyable to my children.             Here Comes Mother Goose (My Very First Mother Goose)13 reviews Candlewick, 1999 Great book! I have two of the Rosemary Wells/Ione Opie Mother Goose books that we've enjoyed for many years. The pictures are large & colorful, and the poems are just the right size for younger listeners. This is the second time that I've bought the series after 10 years, as my kids loved them so much that they took them EVERYWHERE, and the books were worn out from too much loving. I like the mix of familiar ...             I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book3 reviews Candlewick, 2000 I Saw Esau A delightful book for kids of all ages! Each page of this book has delightful, light, charming prose. The illustrations by Maurice Sendak put the final touches on a lovely, well-bound volume of reading for a family to share or a child to escape to a cozy window-seat and read. I recommend this book for someone who wants to give a nice, lasting gift to a special child or friend.             The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse (Oxford Books of Verse)3 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Oxford Book of Narrative Verse Thus is a useful collection of longer poems for those in search of longer poems which are not generally found in anthologies.             My Very First Mother Goose36 reviews Candlewick, 1996 Creative Visual Treat & Great Mother Goose Collection This has been one of our kids' very favorite books since they were about 6 months old, edited by the clever Iona Opie and illustrated by the author of the Max and Ruby books. The sing-song rhythms enchanted them as babies, and the entertaining (and adorable) animal-based interpretations of the words have kept the kids coming back to pull this off the shelf. The collection is really well-chosen, ...             The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book2 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1964 For teachers not children This book has the most wonderful traditional verses and the traditional woodcuts are fascinating. It also has descriptions of hand movements and other traditional actions that accompany the rhymes. A wonderful resource for a teacher or educator. If you are, however, buying the book for a child, this book is not suitable. The texts written in a small font are crowded together and the illustrations ...             The Classic Fairy Tales3 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1980 Fairy tales as they were first printed in the English lang. I first read this book in 1983, and was amazed with it then. It's unique and extremely interesting. Iona and Peter Opie have the original tales as first printed in the English language. Added to that is the history and the actual gruesome origins of what we now consider children's stories! For example, Sleeping Beauty is not awakened by a kiss. Her Prince Charming violates her while she ...             I Saw Esau Walker Books Ltd, 2000 This collection of verse offers 170 rhymes: rhymes of insult and retaliation; of teasing and repartee; rhymes for skipping and for counting out; riddles, tounge-twisters, narratives and nonsense - rhymes that have been chanted by children for generations.             A Dictionary of Superstitions (Oxford Paperback Reference)2 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Why are Four-Leaf Clovers Lucky? According to _A Dictionary of Superstitions_, the answer to that one goes back to 1507. The book is filled with page after page of the interesting stories behind close to any superstition one could imagine. As its title suggests, the superstitions are presented in a dictionary format, something that I found very helpful. The definitions include--to different extents--histories, dates, ...             Humpty Dumpty (The Mother Goose Collection)11 reviews Walker Books Ltd, 2001 Very special children's books We have the board books (like this one), as well as the two large hardbound books. My children love them, especially my daughter age two, one of whose first words was "Winkie!" after the Wee Willie Winkie rhyme. I find the negative reviews of these books very puzzling -- don't the authors of those reviews have any imagination? Or are they just close-mindedly PC? Or maybe they just do not ...             The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes Iona Opie, Peter Opie puffin books, 1976 childrens nursery rhymes             Children's Games in Street and Playground1 review Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1970 Some information about the book... This is an interesting book that talks about the different kinds of games that children play, all categorized and analyzed. You are sure to find some of your favorites as well as discover some you've never heard of. Here are some reviews about this title, in case you are interested in learning more about it: "On the surface it is an exhaustive record of the games children play when out in the ...             Children's Games with Things: Marbles, Fivestones, Throwing and Catching, Gambling, Hopscotch, Chucking and ... Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Iona Opie and the late Peter Opie have devoted their lives to the study of children. Now comes the final volume of their acclaimed trilogy on children's games. Together with Children's Games in Street & Playground (1969) and The Singing Game (1985), this volume completes the most comprehensive study this century. Based on thirty years of research, this intriguing volume focuses on games that use equipment of one kind or another--marbles, ...              search for books ball-bouncing, bouncing, catching, children, chucking, classic, classics, collection, dictionary, fivestones, gambling, hopscotch, language, marbles, narrative, nursery, paperback, pitching, playground, pocket, puffin, reference, rhymes, schoolchild, schoolchildren, skipping, street, superstitions, things, throwing books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 4th Edition leave a comment home  impressum - about us