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Nine Little Goslings

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By Susan Coolidge
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A series of short, gently told tales and lyrical retellings that expand familiar nursery rhymes into narrative vignettes about children at play and home. Each chapter adapts a traditional rhyme into prose and verse, blending playful incidents, small troubles, and acts of kindness with illustrations and lullaby-like passages. Episodes follow children's changing moods, imaginative games, modest mishaps, and family care, emphasizing tenderness, humor, and practical consolation. The book alternates storytelling and song so it suits reading aloud, inviting both young listeners and adults to savor the rhythms and gentle lessons of childhood.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Varied hyphenation was retained when there was an equal number of each, as in doorway and door-way.

Obvious punctuation errors corrected.

The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.