The Nursery Rhyme Book Illustrated Annotated Edition

Leslie Brooke's Nursery Rhyme Picture Book is a timeless classic, of stories such as LIttle Miss Muffet, Oranges and Lemons, and Humpty Dumpty. Each nursery rhyme is illustrated by the author, in both watercolour, and pen-and-ink. It is a whimsical book, perfect for young children.

A collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles."

Accompanying volumes are facsimiles of three of the earliest extant English nursery rhyme books.

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries.The first English collections, Tommy Thumb's Song Book and a sequel, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, were published by Mary Cooper in 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother Goose for nursery rhymes when he published a compilation of English rhymes, Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle (London, 1780). Nursery Rhymes: Most nursery rhymes date from the 16th, most frequently, and, 17th, the 18th centuries. Apparently most were originally composed for adult entertainment. Many were popular ballads and songs. "The frog who'd a wooing go" first appeared in 1580 as A Moste Strange weddinge of the mowse as well as the ffrogge. Why do nursery rhymes reflect important historical facts? Most of these songs were part of an oral based society that relayed news, spread coded rumors about authority figures, and worked out its moral dilemmas (for kids and adults) in song and rhyme. What was the original nursery rhyme in history? Ten Oldest Nursery Rhymes in the English Language - Oldest.org 1. Ding Dong Bell. Ding Dong Bell is actually probably the oldest recorded nursery rhyme in the English language. In probably the earliest version of this rhyme, recorded in 1580 by John Lange, the organist of Winchester Cathedral, the unfortunate cat doesn't make it out of the well, and the bells are actually a death knell.

The babes of former generations were certainly lucky, for they possessed quite the best book of nursery rhymes which has ever been published. "The Nursery Rhyme Book" by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke is a complete collection of the old nursery rhymes which have delighted so many generations, adorned with attractive pictures and accompanied by a preface written in one of Mr. Lang's most engaging moods. The preface, of course, is not for the little ones, but for the mothers, whose duty it is to read the rhymes- and show the pictures. We do not know [says Mr. Lang] what poets wrote the old nursery rhymes, but certainly some of them were written down, or even printed, three hundred years ago. Grandmothers have sung them to their grandchildren, and they again to theirs, for many centuries. We did not know till we studied Mr. Lang's table of contents that nursery rhymes may be divided into fourteen different kinds ; but they may, and Mr. Lang gives them all and discourses sweetly on many of them. No nursery which respects itself should be without this fascinating book.

As one can tell from the title, the following book is a collection of nursery rhymes. Penned by L. Leslie Brooke, the book, filled with vivid illustration of whimsical characters, contain a number of simple tales for young children, with some of them bearing the following titles: 'Oranges and Lemons', 'Goosey, Goosey, Gander', 'The Lion and the Unicorn', and 'There Was a Man'.

First Second is very proud to present Nursery Rhyme Comics. Featuring fifty classic nursery rhymes illustrated and interpreted in comics form by fifty of today's preeminent cartoonists and illustrators, this is a groundbreaking new entry in the canon of nursery rhymes treasuries. From New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's "There Was a Crooked Man" to Bad Kitty author Nick Bruel's "Three Little Kittens" to First Second's own Gene Yang's "Pat-a-Cake," this is a collection that will put a grin on your face from page one and keep it there. Each rhyme is one to three pages long, and simply paneled and lettered to ensure that the experience is completely accessible for the youngest of readers. Chock full of engaging full-color artwork and favorite characters (Jack and Jill! Old Mother Hubbard! The Owl and the Pussycat!), this collection will be treasured by children for years to come.