Mother Goose for GrownUps, Guy Wetmore Carryl
Mother Goose for GrownUps, Guy Wetmore Carryl
List: $2.99 | Sale: $2.10
Club: $1.49

Mother Goose for Grown-Ups

Author: Guy Wetmore Carryl

Narrator: Brendan Moir

Unabridged: 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Bemuse

Published: 06/14/2024


Synopsis

"Mother Goose for Grown-Ups" is a delightful reinvention of classic nursery rhymes tailored for a more mature audience. In this witty and irreverent collection, Carryl puts a humorous spin on beloved childhood favorites such as "Humpty Dumpty," "Jack and Jill," and "Mary Had a Little Lamb," with each rhyme being transformed into a clever and comical tale. If nostalgia is calling your name, but the intellectual side of your brain won't let you be whimsical, throw this on your headphones and let Guy Wetmore Carryl appeal to both sides of your fancy with "Mother Goose for Grown-Ups!"

Reviews

Goodreads review by elstaffe on January 01, 2024

A lot of these verses feel like they would be fun to set to music and sing, ala Gilbert and Sullivan Pull quotes/notes "Unflagging pertinacity, and technical sagacity, Long nights of sleepless vigil, and long days of constant care Had been involved in making it, improving it, and baking it, Until of othe......more