About the book: 2024 / Mother Goose is an amazing example of how intricately intertwined folklore of different countries is. In France she is known for her fairy tales, in England and America for songs and nursery rhymes for the little ones. It was based on Mother Goose's songs that Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, wrote a collection of fairy tales. In them, well-known plots of English poetry are filled with new details and details: Hickory, Dickory and Doc become little mice, Shalyai-Valaiy meets the princess, the Moon Man descends to earth and real miracles happen! Illustrations for these fairy tales were drawn by the famous artist Vadim Chelak. They emphasize the mischievous nature of fairy tales, convey their kindness and wisdom.