num_pages: 160
description: A spectacular treasury of 150 classic nursery rhymes and new discoveries featuring a star-studded roster of seventy-seven illustrators.Nursery rhymes have entertained and comforted children for centuries. Over the Hills and Far Away is a unique collection of rhymes and verse from across the globerhymes from the English-speaking world as well as verse that entered English from Chinese Latino African and other cultures. With illustrations from seventy-seven artists many celebrated throughout the world and some just emerging this volume is truly an adventure in language image and imagination. A magnificent gift for little ones hearing these verses for the first time as well as a wonderful book for family sharing across generations.Some of the contributors include;Ashley Bryan Eric Carle Lucy CousinsHelen CraigNiki DalyPolly DunbarBob GrahamEmily GravettShirley HughesYasmeen IsmaelSatoshi KitamuraJon KlassenPJ LynchJerry PinkneyChris RaschkaCatherine RaynerShaun TanMo WillemsEd YoungPamela Zagarenski
language: English
title: Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
publisher: Candlewick Press