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Nine Little Goslings

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First published: 1876
Pages: 112

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About this book

Nursery rhymes provide the headings for nine children's stories in Susan Coolidge's collection. The opening piece, Curly Locks, follows Johnnie Carr as she recovers from a fever in Burnet. Her sisters have cared for her, but her recovery brings worries about her appearance and dissatisfaction with ordinary life. Reading about a girl with wealthy relations makes Johnnie long for travel and fine things. News of a visit from Miss Inches, a rich friend of her mother's, gives those wishes a new focus.

The Lady Bird section moves to a garden picnic, where Lota serves cakes made with rose leaves and sugar, comments on her guests' manners, and corrects the spelling in a diary. Such small incidents place children's hopes, games, and rules of conduct at the center of the book. An opening poem pays tribute to Mother Goose and the nursery songs remembered in adulthood.

About the author

Susan Coolidge

Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835–1905), an American writer born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is best remembered for her What Katy Did series, which began in 1872 and followed the lively Carr children, becoming a fixture of nineteenth-century fiction for girls.