Half for You and Half for Me: Best-Loved Nursery Rhymes and the Stories Behind Them

by Katherine Govier

"Half for you and half for me Between us two shall goodwill be."

Here is a nursery rhyme book to entertain both adult and child as they read together. The classic rhymes are side by side with annotations about their backstories: Who was Wee Willie Winkie? Did live blackbirds really fly out of a pie? Was Humpty Dumpty a person -- or a clumsy cannon?

When she was small, Katherine Govier tucked in close to her mother's side...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770502122
• ISBN13: 9781770502123
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Whitecap Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3