Growing Readers: Humpty Who? Giveaway

9780761143680.jpgLullabies are often the first stories that our children are exposed to as infants. As our children grow into toddlers and preschoolers they graduate to nursery rhymes complete with finger plays and body motions. As parents we love the familiarity of the tunes that we grew up with but we don’t always remember the important things…like the words! Maybe like me you’ve muddled through a tune of Frère Jacques making up your own French words along the way. Or perhaps your inquisitive mind has always pondered the definition of a tuffet.

To the rescue is Humpty Who?: Crib Sheets for the Nursery for Clueless Moms and Dads. Humpty Who? is a collection of 80 classic poems, songs, lullabies, rounds and riddles. What makes Humpty Who? unique from other nursery rhyme treasuries is the insightful commentary. One of my favorite discoveries was a recipe for pease porridge. As a bonus the book also comes with a 35-song CD.

Win It! Workman Publishing has generously offered one copy of Humpty Who? to giveaway. Enter by commenting with the name of your favorite lullaby or nursery rhyme. The giveaway will end at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25th. I will notify the winner via e-mail. Stay tuned this week for more giveaways.

Don’t forget to enter my Gallop!, Camp Out! and How Come? book giveaways.

62 Responses to “Growing Readers: Humpty Who? Giveaway”

  1. Cindi Says:

    Hello, What a fun contest. I have never seen this collection and with a CD. I really like “John, Jacob, Jingle…..Schmidt” a lot! Please enter me in your delightful drawing. Thanks,Cindi

  2. Sadie Says:

    What fun! My girls love singing! We often sing “Alice the Camel” because of the bouncy nature of it…but my girls absolute favorites are “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”!

  3. Joanna Says:

    I have never heard of this book, but I would love to add it to my daughters night time reading..Please enter me in the give away…Our favorites are…”Hey Diddle Diddle”, “Jack Be Nimble” and “Old King Cole”…Thanks!

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  5. Danielle S Says:

    Hmmm…3 blind Mice

  6. Jen Says:

    “You are my sunshine!” :)

  7. Tara Says:

    Is Mary had a little lamb a nursery rhyme? or how about little Miss muffett?

  8. JenO Says:

    My grandma was always singing “do you know the muffin man,” so that’s probably my favorite! :)

    nifferjeno at gmail dot com

  9. Ang Says:

    “Jack Sprat could eat no fat and his wife could eat no lean.” That one cracks me up.

  10. stampedwithgrace Says:

    We like The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
    looks like a fun giveaway!

  11. Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland Says:

    I like to sing baby beluga to my daughter. ‘baby beluga in the deep blue sea, she swims so high and she swims so free, heaven above and sea below and a little white whale on the go’ great giveaway, thanks

  12. Samantha Says:

    I just saw this book at Babies ‘R Us yesterday and was thinking I could use it! I like “HIckory Dickory Dock.” Thanks!

  13. america Says:

    Hush Little Baby…. Mama’s going to show you a hummingbird, it is a great adaptation to the material oriented tradtional version. I love it and I actually memorized it and it is also the only lullabye I know from beginning to end.

  14. Elizabeth Says:

    My 2 year old daughter just discovered “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, and it’s so cute to watch her try to make her fingers do the spider going up the waterspout! This sounds like a great book to help me remember more nursery rhymes.

  15. Jennifer Says:

    My son is only 7 months so I’m just starting to try to remember all of these!

    He loves The Mighty Duke of York.

  16. laura ch. Says:

    I always loved ‘the itsy bitsy spider’. The hand movements that go along with it make it even more fun!

  17. Sarah Says:

    Oh I’d love this! I love the poems “The cow jumped over the moon” and “Winken Blinken and Nod” :)

  18. Megan Says:

    This is a very nice giveaway. My favorite lullaby is All the Pretty Horses. This book looks like it would be a lot of fun.

  19. Jessie R. Says:

    My favorite would be “Three Blind Mice”.

  20. Carmen Says:

    How fun! We love Baa Baa Black Sheep ’round my house. When my Gracie was little, she would say “Bob Bob Black Sheep”. Still laughing!

  21. Carmen Says:

    You must be getting a kick out of some of these comments….do some of these even count as nursery rhymes? This would be a great resource for families indeed!

  22. Shannon Says:

    I love to sing “You are my sunshine” to my son.

  23. Marcia Says:

    I like to sing “You are my Sunshine” and “Twinkle Twinkle” to my daughter.

  24. Dianna K. Ball Says:

    Hmmm - well, it’s not MY favorite per se, but my daughter and I sing Patty Cake ALL THE TIME. It’s driving me a little batty, but she loves it, so….

    In any case, learning more to teach her would not be a bad thing; thanks!

  25. Katie Says:

    We always sing the “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker’s man…” one. The kids like making the hand motions while we sing.

  26. Mommy Bee Says:

    We love “You Are My Sunshine”. My heart melts to hear my daughter’s sweet voice sing it.

  27. kira Says:

    I would have to go with “Jack and Jill”

  28. Meg Says:

    I think I like Hey, Diddle Diddle the best. But there are many I like….and a few that freak me out. :0) Thanks so much! I could really enjoy this book. ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )

  29. artsweet Says:

    It’s a sign of how much I NEED THIS BOOK that I cannot think of a single nursery rhyme. Does “This little piggy went to market” count? That always gets a giggle out of my son.

  30. Mama Zen Says:

    Baa Baa Black Sheep!

  31. Lisa Says:

    Our favorite lullaby is the old Jefferson Airplane song, “the baby tree.” My 7 month old son loves it. He also really likes this little piggy. I had to go online to find lyrics, though, so I could really use this book!

  32. Julie Mead Says:

    I love ‘you are my sunshine’-if only I could sing it without tearing up for once.

  33. Leah Richards Says:

    My first baby is on the way…this book would really come in handy! I love “You are My Sunshine” so much….and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” is a classic, too. Thanks!

  34. Bree Says:

    My daughter loves The Itsy Bitsy Spider

  35. Naomi Says:

    I love Itsy Bitsy Spider…

  36. Ann Says:

    We love the Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle twinkle little star, this is such a great contest, we would love to win this.

  37. Karyn Says:

    We are fans of Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle, Twinkle. Probably because those are the only ones I can recall!

    Karyn

  38. Ivan Girl - Dear Me Says:

    favorites are: You Are My Sunshine and Itsy Bitsy Spider! :)

    thanks for sharing this. :)

  39. Maeflower Says:

    The book looks great. Now I just need one for clueless moms in general. My favorite nursey rhyme is Jack and Jill. The love the ole time medicine treatment it contains.

  40. Steph Says:

    Our favorite lullabye to sing together is Twinkle Twinkle Litle Star. Its the one she can sing all the words to.

  41. jenni Says:

    I like “All the Pretty Little Horses”, “Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf (Sleep, Little One, Sleep)” and “Winken, Blinken, and Nod”.

  42. Julianna Says:

    As a child, my favorite was “Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater…” I think I liked the sound of all those hard P’s. Now, I love to sing to my 3-month-old daughter “All the Pretty Little Horses” and “You Are My Sunshine”.

  43. Belinda Says:

    I love to sing to my little guys, but I wish i knew more than ” You are my sunshine”. I often end up making up my own songs.
    This book would really help me out. Thanks!

  44. Doreen Says:

    Twinkle Twinkle Little Star love it! :)

  45. Stephanie V Says:

    Twinkle twinkle little star and The wheels on the bus calm my little boy for a moment.

  46. Lucy Says:

    I have to say my favorites are you are my sunshine and the wheels on the bus, sweet and fun.

  47. Ellie Says:

    My favorite is twinkle twinkle. Interestingly my son doesn’t like Humpty Dumpty- He gets sad when Humpty has the great fall.

  48. Erin Says:

    Jack Sprat was a favorite when I was little.

  49. Megan Says:

    My favorite is the mockingbird song, but I can never remember the words after about three lines, so I just keep singing those over and over. I need this book before my daughter figures out what I’m saying.

  50. brandy w Says:

    twinkle twinkle little star. itsy bitsy spider. i need this book i do not know half the words to lullabys or rhymes

  51. Lisa Says:

    My favorite is 3 blind mice… now my girls will disagree… they swear my favorite is itsy bitsy spider… lol..

  52. Suzie Says:

    Our favorite is Hush Little Baby

  53. Susan Chester Says:

    My favorite is Hush Little Baby, while my grandaughter prefers the rowdier I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. I would love to win this, I get bored with singing the same old songs.

  54. Judy Aschenbrenner Says:

    This little piggy went to market…

  55. Ruth Says:

    I don’t know why, but I have always loved see saw marjory daw…just a great cadence. I sing it to my daughter when I rock her, and she loves it too

  56. jen g. Says:

    It would have to be “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” and “I’ve been working on the railroad.” Not sure these are lullabyes or nursery rhymes, but my daughter loves to sing these all the time!!

  57. Heather Says:

    My favorite lullaby is Hush Little Baby. I sing it to my daughter every night but make up my own words half way through.

  58. Heather & John Says:

    I would have to say Mary Had a Little Lamb! But our youngest is a big fan of Row Row Your Boat.

  59. Shelly Says:

    My favorite is Frere Jacques

  60. Brooke Says:

    I sing the ABC song as a lullaby to my girls.

  61. Lindsie Says:

    Mary had a little lamb.

  62. Vicki Wurgler Says:

    Itsy Bitsy Spider is a hit with the kids and with me!