First edition of This Old Man by Carol Jones: Pretty, detailed illustrations and cut-outs turn a favorite sing-along into a guessing game to match numbers and objects.
Illustrated by Carol Jones. 1990, first American edition. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston.
In Jones's illustrated version of the classic children's song, The Old Man is a grandfather playing a rhyming game with his granddaughter. The child reader matches a number to an object, visible in a circle cut-out, that rhymes with the number, and turns the page to reveal the object in its entirety.
"This old man he played One, he played nick nack on my Drum. With a nick nack Paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.
"This old man he play Two, he played nick nack on my Shoe. With a nick nack Paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home."
And so on through Ten.
Known for die-cut reveals, Jones's appealing, detailed illustrations also make perfect I Spy games. Discover more of her books at Goodreads.
Goodreads.com/author/show/158093.Carol_Jones
Condition*: Fine/Near Fine. The dust jacket has a small bump and small closed tear at the tail of the spine.
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