tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post8190200959840502157..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: A Sunday Brunch with Geese and GoopsPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-68481605558264967872011-11-26T12:31:22.430-05:002011-11-26T12:31:22.430-05:00Impressive, your article had taken me to my childh...Impressive, your article had taken me to my childhood days of reading "The mother Goose" stories which fascinated me with many questions about Mother Goose, and I am sure you had answered some of the questions in my mind. I wish to thank you for these and also I wish to share with you about a new type of website named papakali.com where the readers themselves are contributing their own stories, and I am sure children could have a good read in that website as their stories are real.Elizabeth Blackwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-59308288336217759042011-11-11T09:14:41.984-05:002011-11-11T09:14:41.984-05:00I am late to brunch because of traveling & con...I am late to brunch because of traveling & conferencing and such, but what a treat to read this post this morning! The news about Hannah is sad, of course, but I loved The Goops to bits and read Hitty multiple times as a kid. Not too long ago I got a copy of Hitty for my niece and thought it would be fun to make her a doll, which lead me to that enormous industry and pictures of the original. I didn't unearth the info about Field's house, though. Exploring a long-gone favorite author's undisturbed house sounds like one of my very best literature-related dreams!Hope Vestergaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162790216646616574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-74176400946414570382011-11-10T09:12:31.111-05:002011-11-10T09:12:31.111-05:00I had never thought of that, but Mother Goose does...I had never thought of that, but Mother Goose does always seem to look like a witch. Thanks Brer for telling us why that might be!<br /><br />Sad about Hannah! I have a daughter myself who is growing up and I often think about how her life is going to turn out. I do imagine her as that young innocent child on her knees in prayer. I just wish she would stay that way!Michael Allenhttp://michaelallenonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-60564020189712392862011-11-09T16:15:03.626-05:002011-11-09T16:15:03.626-05:00I grew up with Prayer for a Child... it was the fi...I grew up with Prayer for a Child... it was the first book I read out loud (easily done at age 3 because I had memorized it!) <br />I'm not sure if my own 3 year old granddaughter is going to enjoy it or not, but I just put it in our book basket this week to find out.Jeanne Kastenhttp://www.sofarfromheaven.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-56838423250059616462011-11-08T18:03:49.818-05:002011-11-08T18:03:49.818-05:00I never warmed up to Mother Goose when I was a kid...I never warmed up to Mother Goose when I was a kid. I thought she looked like a witch. My grandmother gave me Blanche Fisher Wright's <i>Real Mother Goose</i> that you have pictured, as well as a vinyl record of some old lady (dressed like a witch on the record cover) reading Mother Goose stories. I never bothered with either one.<br /><br />It is strange that her look has never been updated. The only variation I've seen is sometimes she's portrayed as an actual goose...but even then the goose is usually wearing the witch hat and pilgrim shoes.<br /><br />That Duncan Coburn illustration is shocking.Seanhttp://www.seanwbyrne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-58892946140098103092011-11-06T22:09:45.008-05:002011-11-06T22:09:45.008-05:00You might be first in line to buy a biography of R...You might be first in line to buy a biography of Rachel Field, but I'll be right behind you, impatiently stepping on your heels like a Goop.<br /><br />That is very sad about Hannah.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-61751742423656456602011-11-06T16:28:07.755-05:002011-11-06T16:28:07.755-05:00Thanks, Brer. I'm sure that's true...but ...Thanks, Brer. I'm sure that's true...but still wonder why those clothes became the standard for Mother Goose and remain so to this day. You'd think she would change a bit over time, yet it hasn't happened in this case.Peter D. Sierutahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-27286249703963325182011-11-06T16:07:16.820-05:002011-11-06T16:07:16.820-05:00Old Mother Goose's clothes was the traditional...Old Mother Goose's clothes was the traditional costume of old ladies in England and Wales once upon a time; the fact that witches and Mother Goose are often shown in this type of clothing is simply because they are imagined as elderly women.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.com