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elogo bottom Mother Goose: A Scholarly Exploration
MOTHER GOOSE
what makes a Mother Goose a Mother Goose?
the nursery rhymes
Mother Goose visual challenges
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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Country Living - The Old Woman in the Meadow

ECLIPSE Image Number 01160000 ECLIPSE Image Number 00060002

Consider:

How do the depictions of the plants effect the mood of the illustrations?

Does the old woman in each of these images complement or contrast with the mood of the total illustration?

What is the effect on the viewer of turning the shoe upside down?

What does the setting do to enhance the sense of the fanciful?

 



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