Walt Kelly, 1954, The Pogo Stepmother Goose, Simon and Schuster. Not everything in this book is a parody of Mother Goose, but it's definitely Kelly's take on nursery rhymes. The book begins with the story of Robin Hood, retold as a Russian melodrama. Here you will find a jackal sniveling on the heels of the proletariat, and much more. This story is followed by a couple of transmogrified nursery rhymes. The next story is a retelling of the tale of the Pied Piper. Unlike most of Walt Kelly's Pogo stories, this one is quite serious. Then, more nursery rhymes, one of which actually employs the traditional words, followed by an illustrated retelling of the story recorded in "hey diddle diddle." And who can forget Kelly's retelling of the courtroom scene from Alice in Wonderland?
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