Book description
Lilting rhymes in a question-and-answer format tell the story of a young boy eager to introduce his world to his mother and baby sister.
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1 author picked Momma, Will You? as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is another quite different type of book which has taught me a lot about rhythm, how impelling it can be, and how a refrain can be used to advantage. Proceeding at a jaunty tempo here the boy frames his questions to his mother throughout the book with 3 possible answers, ‘Yes, or no or maybe.’
"Momma will you feed the hen?
Yes or no or maybe?
Scatter corn a round the pen.
You and me and baby?
To which the mum replies, in this case in the affirmative
Yes, we’ll feed the speckled hen
Scratching in the dew
Then…
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