The Space Child's Mother Goose

The Space Child's Mother Goose
by Frederick Winsor; illustrated by Marian Parry
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The Space Child's Mother Goose

The space child's Mother Goose

By Frederick Winsor; illustrated by Marian Parry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.

The Space child’s Mother Goose is a poetic feast for young and old. Frederick Winsor, a retired Boston architect and sci-fi lover, refashioned popular Mother Goose rhymes into futuristic verses using otherworldly technical terms. Be sure to check out the clever glossary that delightfully enlightens both the scientifically inclined and the silly minded. Marian Parry’s keenly detailed anthropomorphic bird-people illustrate Winsor’s narratives in an enchanting artistic style that intersects the simplicity of Saint-Exupréy’s The Little Prince, the humor of Gorey’s Edwardian characters, and the surrealism of Leonora Carrington. Published in 1958, this collection of poems and illustrations has endured many a bedtime, more recently inspiring a 2013 choral cantata by composer John Metz titled “Anthony’s Cosmic Adventures.”

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