Texas Mother Goose - Tapa dura

"Davis has lassoed the familiar rhymes and filled them with a plethora of places and folklore, from Galveston to Ft. Worth."
--School Library Journal

When Mother Goose flies to Texas,
She saddles her magic bird,
Wearing cowboy boots and silver spurs,
With twinkling stars to herd.
Out of the Texas sky she glides,
To children down below;
Circling past the cotton clouds,
She lands near the Alamo.

This charming and enchanting collection of poetry retells the classic Mother Goose tales with a Texan twist. This fun Texas romp through more than fifty nursery rhymes yields such results as "Mary Had a White-Faced Calf," "There Was an Old Cowgirl Who Lived in a Boot," "Cactus Jack Horner," and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Texas Star." This book will delight all ages with its unforgettable Texan flavor, as Humpty Dumpty falls and turns into a plate of huevos rancheros and Little Miss Toni eats a biscuit and jerky. The vibrant, colorful illustrations combined with lively vocabulary that Texan children and parents love encourage young readers to laugh and learn as they follow along.

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David Davis is an award-winning cartoonist and an accomplished writer and artist. His titles Jazz Cats and Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book were named to the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choices Top 100 Lists in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Jazz Cats earned additional accolades as a 2005 Texas Golden Spur Award nominee and an Accelerated Reader program selection. Davis is also the author of Pelican's Redneck Night Before Christmas, Nurse's Night Before Christmas, Librarian's Night Before Christmas, Rock 'n' Roll Dogs, Texas Zeke and the Longhorn, Texas Aesop's Fables, A Southern Child's Garden of Verses, and The Twelve Days of Christmas-in Texas, That Is. Davis is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Sue Marshall Ward was born in Houston to a family of artists. Her mother worked as an illustrator, while her grandmother and aunt were both painters. After studying art at Arlington State College, now the University of Texas at Arlington, Ward began a long career in art direction, advertising, and illustration. She is also the illustrator of Pelican's Texas Aesop's Fables, Sugar Lump's Night Before Christmas, and Ten Redneck Babies. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Ward lives in Arlington, Texas.