Mother Goose of Pudding Lane

Mother Goose of Pudding Lane imagines one possible origin story for the beloved Mother Goose nursery-rhyme tradition. Set in Boston in the late 1600s, the book tells how Elizabeth Foster married widower Isaac Goose and became “Mother Goose” to their large family. To soothe the boisterous brood, she made up rhymes, lullabies, and poems that would later be celebrated as classic Mother Goose verse. With bright, humorous illustrations by Vladimir Radunsky and rhythmic, playful text by Caldecott-honoured Chris Raschka, this picture book brings a new twist to familiar rhymes and introduces children to the creative spirit behind them.