A collection of familiar Mother Goose rhymes reset in India, with character names, foods, numbers, and other aspects changed to reflect life in that country.
Poems inspired by traditional nursery rhymes depict the grim reality of inner city life, including such topics as crime, drug abuse, unemployment, and inadequate housing.
Contains twenty-four readers theater plays based on Mother Goose rhymes, appropriate for readers at first and second grade levels, each with presentation suggestions, phonemic awareness activities, and a copy of the original rhyme.
