Author: Iona Archibald OpiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
Author: Iona Archibald OpiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Pop Goes the Weasel
Author: Albert JackPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101162961
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
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 Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Author: Elizabeth KnowlesPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578568
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in one volume you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings you meet, whether in classic literature or today's news. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language online resources, this dictionary covers classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture. Extensive cross referencing makes it easy to trace specific information, while every page points to further paths to explore. A fascinating slice of cultural history, and a browser's delight from start to finish. What is the fog of war? Who first wanted to spend more time with one's family? When was the Dreamtime? How long since the first cry of Women and children first? Where might you find dark matter? Would you want the Midas touch? Should you worry about grey goo?
The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Linda Kathryn AlchinPublisher: Linda Alchin
ISBN: 0956748627
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
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.
A History of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Percy B. GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mother Goose
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
Author: Iona OpiePublisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322691
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
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."
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Iona OpiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Counting-out rhymes
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192738660
Category : Counting-out rhymes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, the man in the moon, and many, many more in this sparkling treasury of over a hundred nursery favourites to share. From bouncy, boisterous songs to lyrical lullabies, there's a rhyme for every mood and moment. The words to each rhyme are accompanied by beautiful illustrations and there are action suggestions to keep little ones moving while they join in!
Mother Goose in Prose
Author: Lyman Frank BaumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A collection of twenty-two nursery rhymes, including "Old King Cole" and "Little Bo-Peep," fashioned into full-length stories by the author of "The Wizard of Oz."
Here Comes Mother Goose
Author: Iona Archibald OpiePublisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763606831
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard, " "I'm a Little Teapot, " and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, " accompanied by illustrations of various animals.