Since this nursery rhyme first appeared in 1830, children have loved it. When Tomie dePaola discovered that Hale had been born near his New Hampshire home, he knew he wanted to illustrate this perennial favorite.
DePaola uses his signature folk art style and sets the poem in a traditional 19th century New England setting. The result is an endearing interpretation of the little lamb that followed Mary to school and how the teacher handled it.
Back in print after fifteen years and in a board book format for the first time, Mary Had a Little Lamb will be cherished for generations of children to come.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Children's Books

Hale, Sarah Josepha

Animals

G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'

Engagingly written volume not only provided the mid-19th-century housekeeper with recipes for scores of nutritious dishes but also offered wide-ranging suggestions for frugal and intelligent household management. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning domestic accessories, dealing with hired help, and much more.

Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

Dover Publications

Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million

Wentworth Press

The familiar nursery rhyme about a young girl whose lamb follows her to school is accompanied by fabric relief illustrations and information about the history of the rhyme.

Literature & Fiction

Orchard Books

Strikingly vivid fabric reliefs, incorporating applique+a7, embroidery, wrapping, dyeing, and soft sculpture, breathe a new life into the immortal rhyme, placing Mary and her prized lamb against the backdrop of rural New England.

A contemporary interpretation of the well-known nineteenth-century nursery rhyme about the school-going lamb, accompanied by color photographs, a sample exercise from McGuffey's reader, and a note on the history of the author and her famous rhyme

scholastic

The Bible Reading Book: Containing Such Portions Of The History, Biography, Poetry, Prophecy, Precepts, And Parables Of The Old And New Testaments (1854)

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

History

BiblioLife

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