Gloria. T. Delamar, a prominent fairy-tale writer, founded Mother Goose Day in 1987. This was the same year when Delamar published “Mother Goose: From Nursery to Literature.” But the history of fairy tales and subsequent nursery rhymes goes quite further back in history. The French writer from the 17th century, Charles Perrault, is believed to have been the founder of the fairy-tale genre. It was through his works that fantasy and life lessons were incorporated for the first time. In 1729, an English version of Perrault’s work, translated by Robert Samber, was published, and it was called “Histories, or, Tales of Past Times, Told by Mother Goose.” --National Today
Did you know the library even has its own Mother Goose page? On the library page, under Quick Links-> Subject Guides-> Children-> Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes and Videos
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