My Village: Rhymes From Around The World

My Village Rhymes from Around the World Book Cover Twenty-two nursery rhymes from around the globe are presented in English, the original language, and the original alphabet when appropriate. New Zealand, China, Australia, Norway, Ireland, Tonga, Jamaica, Japan, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Indonesia, Denmark, Iran, Germany, Samoa, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, France, Holland, Iceland, and India are illustrated in bright collage and mixed-media artwork. Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen introduces the collection. Source notes are provided, but the name of the original language is not always given. mjw
Title: My Village: Rhymes From Around The World
Author: Danielle Wright
Illustrator
: Mique Moriuchi
Publisher
: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Copyright
: 2010
Original language
: English
Translator
: Aida Nofrita, Andrea Gardi, Anjana Mani, Carim Portella, Farideh Khalatbaree, Genia Gurarie, Hallberg Hallmundsson, Katrien Vander Straeten, Lisa Yanucci, Monique Palomares, Mavis Kumbala-Mutisi, Nora Yao, Paul Selver, Rob Amery, Sereima Lumelume, Wanda Cowley, Wilma van den Bosch, and Winifred Mahowa
Original publisher
: Gecko Press
Original copyright
: 2008
ISBN
: 978-84780-086-2
Hardcover pages
: 53
Age range
: 3-6
Genre
: Poetry
Author’s residence
: New Zealand
Illustrator’s residence
: England
Awards
: 2009 White Raven Award
Subjects
: Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Children’s poetry, Europe, New Zealand, Nursery rhymes, Oceania, South America

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