Down by the River
Subtitle: An Alaska Counting Rhyme
By: by Sara Feriante Donkersloot ; illustrated by Dale C. Preston.
Contributors: Preston, Dale C.
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Anchorage, AK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Counting-out rhymes; Animals - General; Alaska; Juvenile fiction; Children: Grades 2-3; Animals; Children's poetry, American
Genres: Children's Picture Books
First sentence: Down by the river where the cool waters run lived an old mother moose and her little calf one.
Description: Olive A Wadsworth's classic nursery poem, "Over in the Meadow," was written in the late 1800s and is based on a traditional Southern Appalachian counting rhyme. Sara Donkersloot and Dale Preston have created a northern version of this timeless favorite using the animals found along Alaska’s many rivers. From Mother Moose with her single calf, to Mother Mink with her little kits ten, young children will want to hear this wonderful book read aloud again and again. As children sing or recite the verses, they learn to count and also learn more about Alaska plants, fish, and animals.