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Over the Hills and Far Away
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes from Around the World | Elizabeth Hammill
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There are 150 rhymes in this collection, from countries all over the English-speaking world, including Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa and the Caribbean. This comprehensive collection contains all the best-loved nursery rhymes, but also some new discoveries, and vibrant rhymes from Native American, First Nation, Inuit and Maori cultures. Each double-page spread is illustrated by a different artist, who has donated his or her work to the Collection or Archive at Seven Stories, Britain's National Centre for Children's Books. With 76 featured artists, this is a star-studded roll call of international award-winners and world-class bestselling illustrators, as well as young emerging talent from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Ghana and South Africa.
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schuckman.j
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Over the Hills and Far Away is a story with a good message of a mother and father playing with their newborn child outside. It gives a representation of the families love for their child. While introducing their child to the world around them.

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baranskilydia13

“Dance, little baby, dance up high,“

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baranskilydia13

The story is very visually appealing and has a good representation of a family enjoying the outdoors with their newborn. The father is a fisherman and owns his own boat. He is excited for his child to see their first fish. This is a good family friendly story for a classroom.

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baranskilydia13
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The story had a good message of a mother and father playing with their newborn child. They are introducing the child to the world around them.

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sarabellini

“Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.“ (English)

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sarabellini

I liked how each nursery rhyme had its own illustration and how the illustration caught the image of the words very well. I enjoyed reading the rhymes from all around the world because I have not heard of a lot of them.

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sarabellini

I enjoyed many of these nursery rhymes because I read many of them as a little girl. I liked how all of the poetry rhymed and there was a lot of imagination involved in many of the poems.