Title: Short, Skewed Versions of Nursery Rhymes
Product review: I bought this book because it was recommended for infants in the book "Baby Read Aloud Basics". I was really put off by it because the nursery rhymes are fairly skewed versions of the ones I learned as a child. Like for example, "Ring around the Rosie" sings "A-tishoo, A-tishoo" instead of "Ashes, Ashes, etc", which I find really bizarre and awkward to try and read. Plus, they are all cut really, really short, only a couple lines each, which I think ruins the whole point of a rhyme. These are hardly long enough to rhyme at all. The thing I liked about this book is that it is a board book, and it's small, so it's good to use with an infant. But for the sake of learning and hearing true and full-length nursery rhymes, I would go with "The Baby's Lap Book" by Kay Chorao (which was also recommended reading for young infants). It's not a board book, but it's hardbound, has a lot cuter illustrations, and the whole nursery rhymes are there! ;)
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