The Itsy Bitsy Pilgrim

by Jeffrey Burton, Sanja Rescek (Illustrator)

Overview

A fun and playful Thanksgiving twist on the favorite nursery rhyme “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”!

The itsy bitsy pilgrim sailed the ocean blue.
On the Mayflower to a home that’s new!
They helped build the houses, they helped shovel snow.
Then some itsy bitsy new friends came by and said hello.

This little pilgrim sails across the ocean and spends the first Thanksgiving with new friends. Little ones will love this fresh holiday spin on the classic nursery rhyme, “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481468527
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Series:	Itsy Bitsy Series
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	439,021
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey Burton has written several books for children. He lives in New York City with his family.

Sanja Rescek studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. She has illustrated more than one hundred books, which have been published in more than ten different languages. Sanja’s illustrations have also been featured on cards for UNICEF.

Editorial Reviews

2016-08-30
The traditional story of the first Thanksgiving is set to the tune of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" and stars rodents instead of humans. The titular itsy-bitsy Pilgrim, a mouse dressed in iconic Puritan garb, sails to "a home that's new" with three other mice on the Mayflower. They build a house, shovel snow, and greet some "itsy bitsy new friends," who are chipmunks dressed as Native Americans complete with feathered headbands, beaded necklaces, and leather clothing. While Rescek's art is droll and lively, it is wildly idealized, and the Native Americans' clothing does not reflect what is understood of Wampanoag attire. The companion title, The Itsy Bitsy Reindeer, presents equally buoyant scenes. The reindeer and several elves, who appear to be white children with pointed ears, help Santa (also white) prepare for his annual sleigh-ride delivery. In both books, would-be singers may struggle to fit all the words and syllables into the meter, and a couple of rhymes are extremely forced ("shop" and "job"?). This holiday ditty misses too many beats. (Board book. 2-3)

Kirkus Reviews