Mary Had a Little Lamp

By Lechner, Jack & Staake, Bob

Publishers Summary:
Updating the classic rhyme with “appliance humor,” gives this book a hilarious twist and a great new take on the “beloved transitional object” story. Mary has a little lamp that she takes everywhere: to school, the movies, the circus, the zoo, even a wedding. One day Mary heads off to summer camp without her bendy-necked lamp and discovers that life without a lamp isn’t so bad! In fact, when Mary returns home, her little lamp stays on her shelf for good. Now what will she find instead?

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ISBN
978-1-59990-169-5
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on March 1, 2008

PreS-Gr 2 Mother Goose fans will delight in this offbeat interpretation of the classic nursery rhyme. Instead of a devoted shepherdess, Lechner's Mary is a sassy redhead with an unexplained fondness for her desk lamp. The singsong text imitates the more traditional verse beginning with the lines, "Mary had a little lamp/The bendy, gooseneck kind./And everywhere that Mary went/She dragged the lamp behind." Despite the confused disapproval of her friends and family, Mary takes the beloved object everywhere, even to her cousin'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

No, that's not a typo in the title. Mary's little lamp--"the bendy, gooseneck kind"--is her constant companion, a fact that draws conce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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