![]() I was excited to see that my library had this picture-book, as I have recently become quite interested in Richards' work - I read her five-volume Hildegarde series recently, and hope to do the same with her Margaret series - most of which is out of print, and no longer circulating in public libraries. ![]() A rhythmic celebration of a train, a baby, and the journey they make (real? imaginary?) together, Jiggle Joggle Jee! takes it title from the poem's refrain (meant to simulate the sounds of a train on the tracks), and provides an entertaining bedtime book. Richards - it was included in her 1902 collection, Tirra Lirra: Rhymes Old and New - has been made into a picture-book, with colorful pencil and watercolor artwork by English illustrator Sam Williams. Originally entitled The Baby Goes to Boston, this children's poem from late nineteenth/early-twentieth century author Laura E. ![]()
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