nursery rhymes

A collection of rhymes used in street games remembered from the compilers' childhoods and those of their friends. Includes basic instructions for the activities.

A collection of illustrated nursery rhymes that focus on numbers.

The ten friends that are crowded in a little girl's bed are pushed out one by one until only the little girl remains.

Despite the many animals in the forest, three hunters see only a ship, a house, and a pincushion and find nothing to shoot.

Relates the adventures of three mice who set out to roam in search of fun. Includes music for the round.

The author creates her own Solomon Grundy, child of English immigrants to the United States, who lives a pleasant life as a baker in nineteenth-century Connecticut. Includes the original nursery rhyme.

An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.

Rhythmic text in the tradition of the familiar nursery rhyme follows children through a busy day.

Each selection ends with a gentle surprise that leads into the next offering. At the end, the sleepy cast of characters is tucked in by Nanny Button Cap.

Completes the classic nursery rhyme about the mouse that ran up the clock.