Historian Robert Lacey’s new book Nursery Rhymes with Pictures—in which he showcases 82 nursery rhymes originally illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser in the early 20th century—is a significant departure ...

A wide range of cartoonists from Dave Roman to Mike Mignola have been recruited to update classic nursery rhymes in First Second’s Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated ...

Choose me a nursery rhyme! If you're not sure what rhyme to sing or want to learn some new ones, try answering a few questions and let us choose. Why do we sing traditional nursery rhymes? Find out ...

Lullaby World’s peppy playlist — Ultimate Nursery Rhymes Collection — is the perfect listen for November 14 a.k.a Children’s Day. Whether you’re looking forward to an afternoon of reminiscing about ...

Earlier this year, the UC Davis Library accepted a gracious donation of more than 2,250 books about food from book collector and author Judith Herman. The donation includes books published as early as ...

Generations of children have learnt from nursery rhymes how to count, tell the time, name different colours and shapes – all sorts of things. And because the words are easy to remember, they love to ...

Jack Sprat first appears in print around 1569—it cropped up twice in an anonymously published morality play titled The Marriage of Wit and Science: “Heard you ever such a counsel of such a Jack sprat?

We grow up with these songs – these lyrical and melodic earworms, that continue to be passed down the generations. Here are 10 of the all-time best nursery rhymes. We may not immediately think of them ...