A Child's Garden of Verses
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Rub-a-Dub-Dub: Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Blackie and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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John Sheddon and Harriet Buchan
These 24 poems are those delicately illustrated by Erik Blegvad in the Picture Lion book, which is available separately. Unashamedly of their time: 'A child should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to ...' they are a charming evocation of what childhood used to be like. What makes this recording special are the Scottish voices - sometimes in rhythmic unison, the atmospheric music appropriately underlying the various rhythms, the striking sound effects and the fact that it was recorded at a studio close to Stevenson's birthplace in Edinburgh. Also available from Whigmaleerie is the set-to-music Scottish Nursery Rhymes.
(Whigmaleerie, 7 Main Street, Balerno, Edinburgh EH14 7EQ)