Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury

Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy, acclaimed authors and scholars of Latino literature, have spent years culling popular and beloved lullabies, jump-rope songs, riddles, proverbs, and more from all over the Spanish-speaking world. The result is the most comprehensive bilingual folklore collection available in this country.

Full of charm and humor, rich with the diversity of Latino cultures, this one-of-a-kind treasury is the perfect introduction to Latino folklore for English speakers, and a trove of familiar favorites for Spanish speakers.

The collection includes: Lullabies, Proverbs, Finger plays, Riddles, Lap games, Tall tales and never-ending stories, Sayings for various occasions, A ballad, Nursery rhymes, Songs, Jump-rope songs, Birthday songs,

Song games, Christmas carols.

• Author
• F. Isabel Campoy, Maribel Saurez, Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy, Maribel Suárez

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 128

• Publisher
• Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780786819539

• Genres
• poetry, childrens

• Release date
• 2005