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Mary Had a Little Lamp
By Lechner, Jack & Staake, Bob
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59990-169-5
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
PreS-Gr 2 Mother Goose fans will delight in this offbeat interpretation of the classic nursery rhyme. Instead of a devoted shepherdess, Lechner's Mary is a sassy redhead with an unexplained fondness for her desk lamp. The singsong text imitates the more traditional verse beginning with the lines, "Mary had a little lamp/The bendy, gooseneck kind./And everywhere that Mary went/She dragged the lamp behind." Despite the confused disapproval of her friends and family, Mary takes the beloved object everywhere, even to her cousin'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
No, that's not a typo in the title. Mary's little lamp--"the bendy, gooseneck kind"--is her constant companion, a fact that draws conce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
