What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb. What if Mary had a little . . . clam? Those questions and more are gleefully answered in Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. This collection retells Mother Goose rhymes and celebrates America's coastlines and waterways from sea to shining sea. Young readers will meet playful pelicans, seagulls and otters. They'll ride wild island ponies, meet pirates, and hopefully, they'll learn the important difference between "orca" and "okra." With clever twists on old standards, Mother Osprey is a salute to sea breezes, sand, and just plain silliness.

Mary Had a Little Clam

Jack & June

Buoys & Gulls

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

One Flamingo

Hatteras Light is Falling Down

Ride a Wild Mare

An Old Woman who Lived in a Shell

Lobster Pies

Lydia Gail

The Witch of November, 1913

Sleep Baby Sleep

Two Skippers from Texas

I Saw A Ship A-Sailing

Tweedle-Dum & Tweedle-Dee

Hark, Hark!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Lucy Nolan spent many childhood days roaming two very special islands: Pawleys Island, SC, and Amelia Island, FL, where she collected the family stories that were shared around the dinner tables of hundred-year-old homes. It was only natural that she would eventually combine her love of the sea and storytelling into Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys and Gulls (Arbordale, Fall 2009). This playful book retells Mother Goose rhymes and embodies everything Lucy loves about America's coastlines! Lucy has been writing since she was four years old and is the author of several picture books and the popular Down Girl and Sit chapter books. She is also a two-time winner in the South Carolina Fiction project, sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Lucy lives in Columbia, SC, with her daughter and two rambunctious dogs. For more info, visit her website: http: //lucynolanbooks.com/wordpress/