num_pages: 32
description: Best-selling author-illustrator Iza Trapani is back with a fanciful retelling of the classic Old King Cole nursery rhyme for a new generation.Old King Cole has been working hard planning for his Annual Cole Ball to which all the usual suspects are Little Bo Peep Baa Baa Black Sheep The Girl with a Curl Humpty Dumpty and more. But he's so tired after all that work he falls asleep as the ball begins and nobody can wake him no matter what they try. Will he wake up in time to enjoy his own party?The lyrical rhyming text and playful illustrations provide another fun nursery rhyme update to add to the many retellings of favorite songs for which Iza Trapani is known. Backmatter includes music and lyrics to the full rhyme. Perfect for read-aloud.
language: English
title: Old King Cole
publisher: Charlesbridge