Welcome back to week five of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) written to Mother Goose by the characters she created in response to her wish upon a star:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. 
I wonder how my children are.
Up above the world so bright,
if I may, I wish they'd write.

THE ORIGINAL RHYME:

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
and doesn’t know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they’ll come home,
wagging their tails behind them.

MOTHER GOOSE, YOU’VE GOT MAIL!

THE CHILDREN’S BOOK THAT INSPIRED THIS SERIES OF POEMS

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT, COME TO STORY TIME TONIGHT

You’re invited to a magical slumber party with all your nursery rhyme friends! Join Little Bo-Peep, Georgie Porgie, Miss Muffit, the cow that jumped over the moon, and all their pals as they march merrily toward Mother Goose’s house for a cozy slumber party full of stories.  And after they are all tucked in continue to the back of the book and find a section with your favorite nursery rhymes.​

MOTHER GOOSE'S PAJAMA PARTY
by Danna Smith
illustrated by Virginia Allyn
published by Random House Doubleday

Click here to learn more about or to purchase the book.

THANKS FOR POPPING IN

I hope you’ll join me for more of this fun series—next week Mother Goose will hear from Betty Blue!

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