If You Love a Nursery Rhyme

If You Love a Nursery Rhyme by Lockheart, Susanna. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780764161865.

This magnificent volume of verses for boys and girls presents large, beautiful color illustrations that mysteriously change in their details as readers lift and turn each page. The secret behind these "moving" pictures is a highly inventive paper engineering technique that has been applied to the construction of each charming picture. The illustrations complement and dramatize 13 favorite nursery rhymes that have delighted children down through the generations. The verses are-- * The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe * Hey Diddle Diddle * Little Boy Blue * Hickory Dickory Dock * A Wise Old Owl * Star Light, Star Bright * Diddle Diddle Dumpling * Pat a Cake * Old King Cole * Bell Horses * There Was a Crooked Man * I Saw a Ship a-Sailing * Wee Willie Winkie Most of these wonderfully illustrated nursery rhymes are presented on two-page spreads. All illustrations are large, beautiful, and pure magic!