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.

Written by Lucy Nolan	32 pg, 8.5" x 10", ages 3-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-934359-96-9, $16.95 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-607180-41-8, $8.95
Illustrated by Connie McLennan
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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 & Gulls(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. Visit her website at www.lucynolanbooks.com.

Award-winning illustrator Connie McLennan has been a freelance artist for over 25 years, since attending Academy of Art College in San Francisco. In addition to illustrating Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls(Sylvan Dell, Fall 2009), she has also illustrated The Rainforest Grew All Around, River Beds: Sleeping in the World’s Rivers, Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean, and Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud for Sylvan Dell Publishing, Her studio is  at her home in Rocklin, California, where she lives with her husband, teenage son, and one big, black cat.For more information, visit Connie’s website, http://www.conniemclennan.com/.