# The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense

**Author:** Jon Scieszka
**Grade range:** Grades 4–5
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 72
**Genre:** Poetry / Nonsense Verse
**ISBN-13:** `9798855120578`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-real-dada-mother-goose
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Jon Scieszka turns classic nursery rhymes upside down, backward and into gibberish in this Dada-inspired collection.

## Where this book is assigned

### South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards

- **recommended** · 4th grade · South Dakota — [source: South Dakota Library Association — Children's Book Award Nominations 2024-2025 (Prairie Bud PreK-1 · Prairie Bloom 2-3 · Prairie Pasque 4-5)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.sdlibraryassociation.org/resource/resmgr/awards/childrens/2023-24/2024-2025_nominations.pdf)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · South Dakota — [source: South Dakota Library Association — Children's Book Award Nominations 2024-2025 (Prairie Bud PreK-1 · Prairie Bloom 2-3 · Prairie Pasque 4-5)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.sdlibraryassociation.org/resource/resmgr/awards/childrens/2023-24/2024-2025_nominations.pdf)

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