The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
Author : Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher :
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Children's poetry
ISBN :
Pop Goes the Weasel
Author : Albert Jack
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1101162961
Book Description
From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants—a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes. Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn’t about the plague, then what is it really about? This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them—from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom. Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.
A History of Nursery Rhymes
Author : Percy B. Green
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Mother Goose
ISBN :
Book Description
The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2014-09
Category : Counting-out rhymes
ISBN : 9780192738660
Book Description
Meet Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, the man in the moon, and many, many more in this sparkling treasury of over a hundred nursery favourites to share. From bouncy, boisterous songs to lyrical lullabies, there's a rhyme for every mood and moment. The words to each rhyme are accompanied by beautiful illustrations and there are action suggestions to keep little ones moving while they join in!
The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes
Author : Linda Kathryn Alchin
Publisher : Linda Alchin
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0956748627
Book Description
Many nursery rhymes are believed to be associated with actual events in history, and include references to murder, torture, betrayal, greed, and to tyrants and royalty. The words were remembered but their secret histories were forgotten. Political satire was cleverly disguised in the wording of some, seemingly innocent, nursery rhymes. Although some of the most popular Nursery Rhymes are rooted in English history they are told to children throughout the English-speaking world. Old English Nursery Rhymes were taken to America with the settlers from England. They were then spread across Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Sing-song
Author : Christina Georgina Rossetti
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,38 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Children
ISBN :
Book Description
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
Author : Iona Opie
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780940322691
Book Description
First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called "the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out."
Lavender's Blue
Author : Kathleen Lines
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Nursery rhymes
ISBN :
Book Description
My Very First Mother Goose
Author : Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781564026200
Book Description
Charming watercolor illustrations enhance a delightful collection of sixty classic Mother Goose rhymes, including "Hey Diddle, Diddle," "Pat-a-Cake," "Little Jack Horner," and many others.
The Random House Book of Mother Goose
Author :
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Children's poetry
ISBN : 9780394967998
Book Description
An illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as Bah, Bah, Black Sheep and Little Boy Blue and less familiar ones such as Doctor Foster went to Gloucester and When clouds appear like rocks and towers.
