Ring-a-Ring o'Roses
Ring-a-Ring o'Roses

Author: Diana Ferguson

Publisher: Michael O'Mara

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781782439882

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This delightful book takes the reader on a journey into the wonderful world of nursery rhymes. With more than 100 of our best-loved rhymes, it delves beneath the surface of the verses to interpret their meaning and reveal their historical origins.

Pop Goes the Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel

Author: Albert Jack

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1101162961

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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.

The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes
The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes

Author: Linda Kathryn Alchin

Publisher: Linda Alchin

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0956748627

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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.

Ring Around the Rosie
Ring Around the Rosie

Author: Wallace

Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 1683420748

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Wonderful illustrations and tellings of classic nursery rhymes.

My Favourite Nursery Rhymes
My Favourite Nursery Rhymes

Author: Tony Ross

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-12-13

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1849396183

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This joyous collection of favourite nursery rhymes has been selected and illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. Classic rhymes are given a contemporary edge by Ross's inimitable illustrations. Perfect for sharing with young children, this humorous book is one to be treasured for many years to come.

The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes
The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes

Author: Zena Sutherland

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0531059030

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The well-known authority in the field of children's literature presents a selection of familiar nursery rhymes.

The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

Author: Iona Opie

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2000-08-31

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780940322691

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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."