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. Some of the rhymes ...

Come grab your curds and whey, have a barn dance at Old MacDonald's farm, sing nautical rhymes on the sea, sea, sea, and eat ...

HARBOR SPRINGS, MICH. -- Fittingly, the idea to marry children’s nursery rhymes with constellations in the night sky came to author Mary Stewart Adams while waking from a dream. Sparked by learning a ...

This is the first post in a new blog series about encouraging a love of language in young children written by professional storyteller Peter Burns. Many years ago, just after my daughter Alice was ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia State University (VSU) professor’s new book, “Nursery Rhymes in Black,” has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The University of Alaska Press nominated ...

The small format of Reinhart’s latest pop-up book belies the number of classic nursery rhymes he packs inside. A pop-up Humpty Dumpty falls from a red brick wall (and begins to crack up) as his spread ...

"Uff uff me, or my hearts will break," cried daughter (D) when presented, at age 3, with her new baby brother (S). Already she was integrating nursery rhyme words with her own language. S used the ...

Check out this list of children’s nursery rhymes and the stories behind them.

My son’s bedtime ritual is one of my favorite times of day. It’s a special time for our family, full of reading, cuddles and lullabies. Last week, I selected one of my son’s nursery rhyme books for ...