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 peculiar form of coded historical narrative, propaganda or covert protest, and rarely considered that they could have been written simply for entertainment. There have been several attempts, across the world, to revise nursery rhymes (along with fairy tales and popular songs). Even in the late 18th century we can sometimes see how rhymes like "Little Robin Redbreast" were cleaned up for a young audience. In the late 19th century the major concern seems to have been violence and crime, which led leading children's publishers in the United States like Jacob Abbot and Samuel Goodrich to 'improve' Mother Goose rhymes. In