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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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Visual Interpretations

A Room Full of Wishes What are these children thinking as they look up to the star?

A Starlit Cat Even animals wonder about that light in the night sky

Dreaming on a Star How content can one young man be?

The Child Is the Light of Her Life How can a star compete?

What Is That Animal? And which is the star?

Textual/Historical Information

Some Historical Notes on this rhyme Early versions

http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/23sep99/teach9.html The universe has, throughout time, been a source of wonder to those who look to the stars. “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” serves as a means with which to explore how people relate to the universe and how the universe can impact one’s emotions.

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

Boyle, Alison. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Illustrated by Liz Pichon.
London , England : David & Charles Children's Books, 2000.

Carpenter, Humphrey and Prichard, Mari. The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984, p.547.

Taylor, Ann and Jane. Original Poems for Infant Minds, 2 volumes, and Rhymes for the Nursery. Preface by Christina Duff Stewart. New York: Garland, 1976, 10-11. [First publication date: 1806]

Twinkle, Twinkle: An Animal Lover's Mother Goose . Painted and Photographed by Bobbi Fabian. New York : Dutton, 1996.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star . New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Winter, Jeanette. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star . San Diego : Red Wagon/Harcourt, Inc., 2000.



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