Create your own Mother Goose, Other Goose rhyme and drawing.

Mother Goose, Other Goose Contest
Sponsored by VanitaBooks, LLC

VanitaBooks, LLC will choose two winning entries each month during the period November 1, 2008 until the contest ends on November 1, 2009. All winning entries will then be compiled in a book. The winners will receive a complimentary copy. Each month the winning entries will be posted on this web page.

February 2009 Winners!

For Want of a Nail / For Want of a Phone

by: Meredith, 4th grade

The Itsy Bitsy Spider / The Itsy Bitsy Bee

by: Seth, 2nd grade

January 2009 Winners:

Humpty Dumpty / Humpdy Dumpdy

by: Joey

Georgy Porgy / Georgy Porgy

by: Lily

December 2008 Winners:

Little Bo Peep / Little Bo Peep

by: Delaney, 2nd grade

Three Blind Mice / Three Blind Lice

by: Andrew, 2nd grade

November 2008 Winners:

Hickory Dickory Dock / Hickory Dickory Dock

by: Clayton, 2nd grade

Little Miss Muffet / Mr. McMuffet

by: Alexis, 2nd grade

Contest Directions

1. Click here to download and print the worksheet pages.

2. On the page titled “Mother Goose,” write a Mother Goose rhyme and draw a picture for it.

3. On the page titled “Other Goose,” write the Other Goose rhyme and draw a picture to go with it. Remember to give the Other Goose rhyme a title. Use pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, watercolors or tempera paints on your drawings. Have fun!

4. On a separate piece of paper write your first name (no last name), age, grade, school name, city, state and zip code.

5. Parent or guardians: include your name and how to contact you on a separate page.

6. Submit unfolded in a 9 x 12 envelope and mail to:

VanitaBooks LLC
3875 Embassy Parkway, Suite 250
Akron, OH 44333.

How to Rhyme

Identify the rhyming words in each Mother Goose rhyme:

Jack Sprat
Jack Sprat (1) could eat no fat (1),
His wife could eat no lean (2);
And so, betwixt them both,
They licked the platter clean (2).

Then create an Other Goose rhyme:

Ginny McVat

Ginny McVat (1) was a little too fat (1).
She tried and she tried to slim down (2).
But all of her efforts failed it seems
She couldn’t get into her gown (2).

Contest Rules

> Students in Grades K-4 at the time of the Contest period are eligible to participate in the Contest provided that the student’s parent or legal guardian consents to the student’s participation. By submitting the information requested in Paragraph 5 of the Contest Directions to VanitaBooks, LLC, the parent or legal guardian will have consented, both on their own behalf and on behalf of the student, to the student’s participation in the Contest and to the Contest Rules. Entries received without the information requested in Paragraph 5 of the Contest Directions will be discarded.

> Contest period: November 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009.

> Entries must be postmarked between November 1, 2008 and November 1, 2009.

> Two winning entries will be chosen each month by the VanitaBooks LLC team.

> All entries will remain eligible to be chosen as a winning entry during the entire remaining contest period, so check back often on VanitaBooks.com (the “Website”) to see if you’ve won.

> Grammar and misspelling will be edited at the discretion of the VanitaBooks LLC team.

> Entries must include all information requested in the Contest Directions.

> Entries must be original artwork and not a depiction of any commercial product.

> Entries will not be returned to the entrant.

> Only first names will be used in order to protect the identity of the entrants.

> All winning entries will be posted, or otherwise made available, on the Website during the remainder of the Contest Period, and will also be compiled in a book (the “Book”). Each winning entrant will receive one complimentary copy of the Book after the conclusion of the Contest.

> By submitting an entry into the Contest, each entrant, by and through his or her parents or legal guardians, grants to VanitaBooks, LLC, and its officers, employees, agents, contractors, successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license of unlimited duration (“License”) to publish, display, distribute, print or otherwise use the entry and entrant’s first name in any and all present and future media including, without limitation, the Website, the Book, television, newspaper, radio, magazine, electronic mail, photography, or print for the purpose of advertising, publicity, promotion, or trade.

> By submitting an entry into the Contest, each entrant, by and through his or her parents or legal guardians, represents to VanitaBooks, LLC that the entry is an original work of authorship and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.