Some might think it crazy to teach innocent children these types of nursery rhymes. And sure, it’s true that the following poems have pretty creepy backstories. But first of all, the dark themes ...

As we go into a new month part of my role as early years lead is to update our topic resources as part of our ongoing curriculum. In the past I have noticed some of the amazing practitioners I work ...

1. They introduce kids to new words “Nursery rhymes introduce children to new words and ideas that they might not encounter elsewhere at this stage of their development,” says Clare.

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 ...

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 ...

Morag Maclean, Peter Bryant, Lynette Bradley, Rhymes, Nursery Rhymes, and Reading in Early Childhood, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3, Invitational Issue: Children's Reading and the ...

The British Library holds this 1744 book of nursery rhymes, Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book, which was sold in London and is the oldest surviving published collection in the genre.