Category: Books
From nonsense to lessons learned, these 45 rhymes include the very well known (Itsy Bitsy Spider) and the somewhat familiar (Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen). The truly fantastic pictures speak more than a thousand words as artist Scott Gustafson riffs in paint on themes present and imagined in each verse.
My two-year-old demands Itsy Bitsy Spider every single night now, and she's started finishing the last word of each line before I do. Forty-five rhymes means we haven't even gotten through half of them yet, so there's plenty left before I get sick of it.
Forty-five rhymes means we've barely scratched the surface after a month of bedtime reading, and Hickety Pickety My Black Hen has become a weird household favorite. The illustrations are what really sell it, detailed enough that my four-year-old keeps finding new things in the corners.
My two-year-old asks for the Itsy Bitsy Spider page every single night, and the Hickety Pickety rhyme got her clucking along by week two. Forty-five rhymes means we haven't even reached the bottom of the book yet. The pictures are the real star though, weird and wonderful in a way that keeps me look
