Mz Goose, The Modern Day Mother Goose®
Mz Goose, the Modern Day Mother Goose® is writer, puppet-storyteller Elyse Aronson-Van Breemen’s trademarked name.
WHY A MODERN DAY MOTHER GOOSE?
In 1952, Geoffery Hudley Taylor of Manchester, England noted that in an average collection of nursery rhymes there were eight allusions to murder, 21 deaths, 23 cases of physical violence and 16 allusions to misery and sorrow.
In “Jack and Jill,” “Jack fell down and broke his crown” (a crown is a head)
Humpty Dumpty fell too. He was really a canon that they couldn’t put back together again!
In “Three Blind Mice,” the farmer’s wife cuts off their tails with a carving knife!
In “Sing a Song of Sixpence” the blackbird pecks off the nurse’s nose!
And “Ring Around the Rosy” was about the bubonic plague. “Rosy” referred to the rash. “We all fall down” referred to the enormous death rate.
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WHO WAS THE OLD, TRADITIONAL “MOTHER GOOSE”?
No one knows. Many believe she is a made up character and that the Mother Goose nursery rhymes were a way for the peasants to speak out about their kings and queens and the life they led.
Some say Mother Goose was a real woman who lived in Boston during the later half of the 17th century named Elizabeth Foster Goose or Mary Goose who entertained her grandchildren with amusing jingles.
Historians go back to the 1600’s when “mere l’oye” or “mere oye” (French for Mother Goose) was familiar to readers. And some say Mother Goose could date back to the 10th century, when according to a legend, King Robert II had a wife who fascinated children with her stories.
MZ GOOSE, THE MODERN DAY MOTHER GOOSE® LIVES TODAY AND IS KNOWN FOR HER NON-VIOLENT NURSERY RHYMES AND STORIES.
HER PURPOSE – To increase children’s creativity and make them happier!
HER PUBLICATIONS:
Alphabet in Verse
Mz Goose and Her Wonderful Rhymes
The Mz Goose Color-Me Cookbook
and currently
THE HAPPINESS FABLES – 26 modern day fables, like Aesop, but where the children guess the “lesson of the story.” This book helps guide children into making effective choices in life based on sound moral values instilled in a fun way. With The Happiness Fables, you’re teaching, but you’re not preaching!
*Published in seven languages: German, Czechoslovakian, Slovakian, Spanish, Chinese, Hungarian and of course, English.
Learn more by clicking on this link: Why the Happiness Fables?
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YOU AND YOUR LOVE OF CHILDREN
Do you want to increase your children’s creativity and make them happier? To make sound moral choices? To have positive feelings about themselves and life? READ TO YOUR CHILD FROM MZ GOOSE BOOKS.
EXPERIENCE MZ GOOSE FOR YOURSELF! If you live near the Tampa Bay area, Mz Goose is available to perform with her puppets, rhymes and stories for birthday parties and celebrations. She is available to travel across country for festivals and large events.
LISTEN TO MZ GOOSE PODCASTS
Another way to experience Mz Goose is to listen with your child to Mz Goose Podcasts “Mz Goose Rhymes and Stories.” They were designed to be listened to on the way to and from school, but are also wonderful before meals, at bedtime or anytime!