Mother Goose
More Than 100 Famous Rhymes!
Published on 21. March 2017
144 pages
978-1-944686-18-5 (ISBN)
Description
Racehorse Publishing's Quintessential Children's Classics series is a collection of timeless children's literature. Handsomely packaged and affordable, this new series aims to revitalize these enchanting works, and continue the tradition of sharing them with the next generation of readers.
Flash back to your childhood. We all remember hearing the remarkable, rhyming tales from a mystery woman known only by the name "Mother Goose.? Having been reprinted hundreds of times and passed down from generation to generation, Mother Goose's stories are some of the most popular children's poetry in the world.
Originally made popular in the 17th century, these rhymes were on the forefront of fairy tale literature, and are often cited as the beginning of the genre. Now, these nursery rhymes are made available again in this stunning re-packaging of the classic Volland edition. This edition includes over one hundred and ten of Mother Goose's most famous nursery rhymes, a foreword, and full color illustrations on every page by renowned illustrator Frederick Richardson.
Flash back to your childhood. We all remember hearing the remarkable, rhyming tales from a mystery woman known only by the name "Mother Goose.? Having been reprinted hundreds of times and passed down from generation to generation, Mother Goose's stories are some of the most popular children's poetry in the world.
Originally made popular in the 17th century, these rhymes were on the forefront of fairy tale literature, and are often cited as the beginning of the genre. Now, these nursery rhymes are made available again in this stunning re-packaging of the classic Volland edition. This edition includes over one hundred and ten of Mother Goose's most famous nursery rhymes, a foreword, and full color illustrations on every page by renowned illustrator Frederick Richardson.
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Mother Goose has still never been identified.
Eulalie Osgood Grover was born in Mantorville, Minnesota. She authored over twenty books for children and was the sister of educator and publisher Edwin Osgood Grover. She passed away in 1958.
Frederick Richardson was an American illustrator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best remembered for his illustrations of works by L. Frank Baum, Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, an abundant amount of work for the publisher P.F. Volland including her timeless, illustrative masterwork Mother Goose. He passed away in 1937
Eulalie Osgood Grover was born in Mantorville, Minnesota. She authored over twenty books for children and was the sister of educator and publisher Edwin Osgood Grover. She passed away in 1958.
Frederick Richardson was an American illustrator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best remembered for his illustrations of works by L. Frank Baum, Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, an abundant amount of work for the publisher P.F. Volland including her timeless, illustrative masterwork Mother Goose. He passed away in 1937
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- A FOREWORD
- Hear What Ma'am Goose Says!
- OLD MOTHER GOOSE
- Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander.
- Cock-a-doodle doo.
- Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.
- Lady-bird, Lady-bird.
- One misty, moisty morning.
- I like little pussy, her coat is so warm.
- Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep.
- Little Nanny Etticoat.
- Jack, be nimble
- Jack, be quick.
- Pretty John Watts.
- I'll tell you a story.
- Hush-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top.
- Ride away, ride away.
- Dickery, Dickery, dock.
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
- The little robin grieves.
- Little Tommy Tittlemouse.
- About the bush, Willie, about the bee-hive.
- Bah, bah, black sheep.
- Hickety, pickety, my black hen.
- Willie boy, Willie boy.
- Three children sliding on the ice.
- Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town.
- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
- There was a man and he had naught.
- There was an old man, and he had a calf.
- Bow, wow, wow!
- Pussy-cat sits by the fire.
- Here am I, little Jumping Joan.
- There was an old woman lived under the hill.
- Simple Simon met a pieman.
- Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye.
- To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
- Ride a cock horse.
- Little Miss Muffet.
- Three wise men of Gotham.
- There were two birds sat upon a stone.
- Bye, Baby Bunting.
- Little Polly Flinders.
- Tom, Tom, the piper's son.
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- A diller, a dollar.
- Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
- Pat a cake, pat a cake. Baker's man.
- Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
- There was an old woman tossed in a blanket.
- Cold and raw the north winds blow.
- The man in the moon came down too soon.
- Four-and-twenty tailors.
- Lucy Locket lost her pocket.
- Little Tom Tucker.
- "To bed, to bed," says Sleepy Head.
- Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
- High diddle diddle.
- The two gray kits.
- Robin and Richard.
- Is John Smith within? Yes, that he is.
- I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen.
- When I was a little boy I lived by myself.
- 'Twas once upon a time when Jenny Wren was young
- How many days has my baby to play?
- Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
- Little King Boggen he built a fine hall.
- As I went to Bonner.
- Little Jack Horner.
- Miss Jane had a bag and a mouse was in it.
- The Queen of Hearts.
- Goosey, goosey, gander, where dost thou wander?
- See saw, Margery Daw.
- Daffy-down-dilly is now come to town.
- Cock, cock, cock, cock.
- The lion and the unicorn.
- Old King Cole.
- Mistress Mary, quite contrary.
- Bonny lass, pretty lass.
- Handy-spandy, Jacky dandy.
- Ding-dong-bell, the cat's in the well.
- This pig went to market.
- There were two blackbirds sitting on a hill.
- Cross patch, draw the latch.
- Old Mother Hubbard.
- Pease-porridge hot.
- Polly, put the kettle on.
- The sow came in with the saddle.
- Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree.
- A farmer went trotting upon his gray mare.
- There was an old woman sold puddings and pies.
- Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?
- My little old man and I fell out.
- Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
- There was an old woman, and what do you think?
- What's the news of the day?
- There was a crooked man.
- There was a piper had a cow.
- The man in the wilderness.
- Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark.
- As I was going to St. Ives.
- I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb.
- Great A, little a.
- Bat, bat, come under my hat.
- As I was going up Primrose Hill.
- There was a little boy went into a barn.
- When good King Arthur ruled his land.
- Jacky, come give me your fiddle.
- One, two, three, four, five.
- The north wind doth blow.
- You owe me five shillings.
- There was a man in our town.
- MORE MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES
- MORE MELODIES
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
