A rather extraordinary beginning
A not-quite-golden egg. An unlikely path to literary life. Nurseryland looks different when the goose himself is telling the story.
A memoir from Nurseryland
A Memoir: My Life with Mother
Step beyond the nursery rhyme
and meet the goose behind the legend.
The honker. The bard. The other half of the story.The world knows Mother Goose.
Father Goose has a few things to add.
From an extraordinary hatching in a not-quite-golden egg to his rise as the bard of Nurseryland, Father Goose finally sets the record straight—with scandals, triumphs, tender moments, and a healthy opinion of himself.
Playful verse and satirical wit give way to something quieter: a life shaped by rhyme, memory, and the partner beside him.
Between the rhymes
A not-quite-golden egg. An unlikely path to literary life. Nurseryland looks different when the goose himself is telling the story.
Scandals and triumphs share the stage with playful verse. There is room here for a little vanity—and plenty of laughter.
Beneath the feathered flourish is a love story: the quiet partnership with Mother Goose that shaped a life and its legacy.
At the heart of it all
For the reader in you
If you enjoy familiar storybook worlds seen from an unexpected angle, playful verse, and humor with a tender center, Father Goose invites you in. Readers young and old can find laughter—and moments of reflection—among the reeds.

The goose is ready to tell all
Father Goose: A Memoir: My Life with Mother
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