Mother Goose Takes a Gander at Middle Age: A Treasury of Baby Boomer Nursery Rhymes

Remember Jack and Jill who went up the hill? Well, in this delightful retelling of our favorite nursery rhymes, all of the characters are now middle-aged…and almost over the hill. Baby-boomers will easily recognize the inspiration for these poems, which cover topics as varied as kids, dating and plastic surgery.

So put on your reading glasses, sit down in your rocking chair, and enjoy these revamped rhymes about the follies and foibles of the legions of aging baby boomers–who are the target audience for this book!

Delight in dozens of humorous new classics such as:
"Jack tried to be nimble,
He tried to be quick,
He shot hoops with young guys,
And ruptured a disc."

"Middle-aged Mervin
Went to the surgeon
To affix to his scalp some new hair…
But when he awoke
He looked worse than a joke
And wished that he'd left his head bare."

"AARP,
Do you take me for a fool?
People, when they're fifty,
Don't retire as a rule."

Treat yourself and your friends to this savvy collection of cleverly written and richly illustrated rhymes (in full color) and you'll discover the laugh in life's second half!