Issue Details

Issue	#201
Published	November 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 201." Code number is M.G.O.S. #201-4811. Copyright 1948 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters	Humpty Dumpty; The Cat and the fiddle
Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	"By Walt Kelly" credit on the cover.

1 page filler "Christmas Day in the Morning"

Synopsis	A frog goes courting Miss Mousie on Christmas Day.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

5 page story "Christmas in the Shoe"

Characters	The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe [Mrs. Foote]; Crooked Man; Mother Hubbard; Jack Spratt's wife; The Pieman; Mr. Nicholas; Wiggins
Synopsis	Mr. Nicholas solicits gifts from the residents of Mother Goose Town so that the Old Woman Who Lives in A Shoe's children can have a merry Christmas.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Polly Flinders"

Characters	Polly Flinders
Synopsis	Polly Flinders is spanked for sitting in the cinders, waiting for Santa Claus.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

7 page filler "A Christmas Alphabet"

Synopsis	Christmas-themed Illustrations for each letter of the alphabet.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Deck the Halls"

Synopsis	Illustrated version of "Deck the Halls."
Script	[traditional song]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

6 page Hickory and Dickory story "Hickory and Dickory Help Santa Claus"

Characters	Hickory; Dickory; Santa Claus
Synopsis	A pair of mice help Santa when he becomes stuck in the chimney of their house.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Little Jack Horner"

Characters	Little Jack Horner; Simple Simon
Synopsis	Little Jack Horner shares his Christmas pie with Simple Simon.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

4 page filler "The Year"

Synopsis	The calendar pages for the year, with an illustration and verse for each month.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

Half page filler "A Visit to the Queen"

Synopsis	A nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

Half page filler "Clap Handies"

Synopsis	A nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Tommy Tucker's Carol"

Characters	Tommy Tucker
Synopsis	A poem about Tommy Tucker.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

6 page story "Three Jovial Welshmen"

Synopsis	Three Welsh men go hunting on Christmas Day and spend more time arguing than hunting.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Christmas is Coming"

Synopsis	A Christmas poem.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Rooster and Hen"

Synopsis	A nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

3 page story "Simple Simon"

Characters	Simple Simon
Synopsis	A nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

Half page filler "Handy Pandy"

Characters	Handy Pandy
Synopsis	A nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

Half page filler "The Spratts"

Characters	Jack Spratt; his wife
Synopsis	Christmas-themed twist on the "Jack Spratt" nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

1 page filler "Goosey, Goosey Gander"

Characters	Goosey Gander; Santa Claus
Synopsis	A Christmas-themed twist on the "Goosey, Goosey Gander" nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Pippin Hill"

Synopsis	Nursery rhyme with a Christmas theme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

Half page filler "The Christmas Candle"

Synopsis	Nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

Half page filler "Little Betty Blue"

Characters	Little Betty Blue
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

6 page story "The Tale of Chip-Chop and his Christmas Good Deed"

Characters	Chip-Chop; Santa Claus; Mr. Crow
Synopsis	Chip-chop the chipmunk gathers trinkets in Santa's workshop for Mr. Crow to distribute to the forest animals. Chip-chop takes the key to the harness chest for Santa's reindeer by mistake and has to retrieve it after Mr. Crow gives it to the raccoon child.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Banbury Cross"

Synopsis	A Christmas-themed nursery rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling"

Synopsis	The "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling" nursery rhyme.
Script	[traditional nursery rhyme]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Back cover. Text and illustrations.