The Nursery Rhyme Book: Remember the Rhymes of Yesterday

By Helen Cumberbatch

Have you ever struggled to remember your favourite nursery rhymes so that you can teach them to your own children? Have you ever wondered just why the cow jumped over the moon? If you have ever racked your brains to come up with all the words, you will love The Nursery Rhyme Book - it has all the answers. This book is filled with fantastic illustrations and packed with the traditional rhymes of yesteryear, from: Little Miss Muffet; Hey Diddle, Diddle; Oranges and Lemons; Round and Round the Mulberry Bush; Three Blind Mice; Humpty Dumpty; Ring a Ring O' Roses; Little Jack Horner and many more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara
• Release date: Nov 10, 2010
• ISBN: 9781843175919

Helen Cumberbatch

Helen Cumberbatch is an editor with extensive experience in the publishing industry. The Nursery Rhyme Book is her first title for Michael O'Mara Books.

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The Nursery Rhyme Book

Illustrated by Anne Anderson

and Lisa Jackson

Compiled by Helen Cumberbatch

MICHAEL O’MARA BOOKS LIMITED

Copyright Information

First published in Great Britain in 2008 by

Michael O’Mara Books Limited

9 Lion Yard

Tremadoc Road

London SW4 7NQ

This electronic edition published 2010

ISBN 978-1-84317-591-9 in ePub format

ISBN 978-1-84317-592-6 in Mobipocket format

ISBN 978-1-84317-307-6 in print format

Copyright © Michael O’Mara Books 2008

All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Illustrations by Anne Anderson and Lisa Jackson 

Cover design by Zoe Quayle

Cover image by Paul Moran

Edited by Philippa Wingate

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Contents

The Illustrators

Introduction

Oranges And Lemons

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Bobby Shafto

Lucy Locket

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Humpty Dumpty

Little Bo-Peep

Pop Goes The Weasel

The Grand Old Duke Of York

Ladybird, Ladybird

Rock-A-Bye, Baby

Aiken Drum

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Old Mother Hubbard

Jack Sprat

London Bridge Is Falling Down

For Want Of A Nail

Cock A Doodle Doo!

Jack And Jill

The Big Ship Sails On The Ally-Ally-Oh

A Wise Old Owl

Old King Cole

The Queen Of Hearts

As I Was Going To St. Ives

Pease Pudding Hot

Sing A Song Of Sixpence

What Are Little Boys Made Of?

Incy Wincy Spider

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Little Polly Flinders

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

See-saw, Margery Daw

Star Light, Star Bright

The Owl And The Pussy-Cat

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

I Had A Little Nut Tree

Christmas Is Coming

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Georgie Porgie

Come, Follow

Jack Be Nimble

The North Wind Doth Blow

Ride A Cock-Horse

To Market, To Market

There Was An Old Woman

The Lion And The Unicorn

Carrion Crow

Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling

Three Children Sliding

Two Little Dicky Birds

When The Snow Is On The Ground

Ding, Dong, Bell

Jenny