Kid Review – Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times – picture book
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Book Title: Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times®, Vol. 1 by Pam Gittleman
Category: Children’s Fiction (ages 2 to 5), 46 pages
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Publisher: Mascot Kids, an imprint of Amplify Publishing Group
Release date: Oct 3, 2023
Content Rating: G. Suitable for everyone.
What happens when Three KIND Mice put their heads (and bodies!) together to get some cheese on top of the counter? Will Humpty Dumpty be left in pieces when his friends notice that he’s fallen off the wall? And who will get bags of wool–and toys and books–from Baa Baa BRIGHT Sheep? Read all about the beloved characters from traditional nursery rhymes in this endearing collection of eight updated rhymes that nurture kindness, empathy and gratitude!
My Kid Review
Gittleman, Pam. Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times: Helping to Raise Kind Kids, One Rhyme at a Time! Art and Design by Dan and Catherine Markowitz. Herndon, VA: Mascot Kids, 2023.
Author Pam Gittleman has “updated” 8 classic nursery rhymes. I appreciate what Gittleman was trying to do – promote kindness and empathy. Maybe I’m a traditionalist but I have a little bit of a problem with rewriting classic literature and changing the meaning. It is my understanding that most of these rhymes were written for a purpose and by rewriting them the original meaning and purpose disappears.
The new versions do teach a lesson but I don’t think that they flow as well as the original text. In fact I had a hard time reading the text without reverting to the traditional words. The book would be better if she had written original rhymes to teach the lessons she is trying to teach.
The illustrations by Dan and Catherine Markowitz have a cartoon feel to them. They compliment the text well.
There is nothing to keep Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times from being added to a K-12 Christian school library.
I received a complimentary copy of Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times. This is my honest review.
Pam has been an early childhood music educator for over twenty-five years with a passion for singing, rhyming, reading stories, and making music with preschoolers.
When Pam noticed that some children seemed unfamiliar with traditional nursery rhymes, and that parents and teachers were avoiding them because of their outdated, dark, and inappropriate nature, she set out to modernize them. Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times® provides a memorable way to build language, musicality, and literacy through songs, stories and rhymes that nurture kindness, empathy, and gratitude. The inclusion of resources that support social and emotional learning (SEL) make it easy for parents and teachers to engage with the children they love.
The rhymes in the book can also be enjoyed as songs on the Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times album recorded by Raffi and Lindsay Munroe, as well as in videos on the Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times® Show on YouTube. (www.linktr.ee.com/forkindertimes)
Aside from making music with young children, Pam loves dogs and dark chocolate. She lives in New York with her husband, and loves when her children, grandchildren, and granddogs come to visit!
Pam collaborated with Dan and Catherine Markowitz for art and design of the book.
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