Zalben, Jane Breskin. Hey, Mama Goose.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

ZALBEN, Jane Breskin. Hey, Mama Goose. illus. by Emilie Chollat. unpaged. Dutton. Feb. 2005. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-525-47097-2. LC number unavailable.

PreS-Gr 3--When the old woman who lived in a shoe decides she and her kids are too cramped, she calls on the local real-estate agent, Mama Goose, who suggests they move into Snow White and the seven dwarfs' dwelling--they're staying at Rapunzel's. And so this romp begins, as Sleeping Beauty, Jack and Jill, the three bears, and other fairy-tale characters play musical houses. At the end of the story, the old woman and her brood realize that there is no place like home and they all go back to their original abodes. Most of …