You Read to Me, I'll Read to You You Read to Me, I'll Read to You You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together is the third book in the "You Read to Me, I'll Read to You" series. It is written by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Michael Emberley. The book is retellings of nursery rhymes. It has retellings such as Humpty Dumpty chatting with his doctor and Little Miss Muffet explaining 'curds and whey' to the spider. Other rhymes include "Old Mother Hubbard", "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater", "Simple Simon", and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". It was reviewed
Nursery rhyme Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, "Tommy Thumb's Song Book" and a sequel, "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother