Our list of some of the best Nursery Rhyme books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
1. Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies (Book and Cassette) (2002)
Age Range: 2 and up Series: Wee Sing Paperback: 64 pages Publisher: Price Stern Sloan; Pap/Cas edition (April 15, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0843177640 ISBN-13: 978-0843177640 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 13 inches Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 90 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,275,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #867 in Children’s Popular Music #3615 in Children’s Folk Tale & Myth Anthologies Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product,…
2. 101 Nursery Rhymes & Sing-Along Songs for Kids (2013)
A collection of 101 nursery rhymes and sing-along songs for kids with pictures included. The collection contains traditional nursery rhymes, such as Baa Baa Black Sheep, Do You Know the Muffin Man, Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Ring A-Round the Roses, This Old Man, and many more. Sing-along to songs and lullabies, such as B-I-N-G-O, Good Night Sleep Tight, Hokey Pokey, Hush Little Baby, If You’re Happy and You Know It, Lullaby and Goodnight, One Two Buckle My Shoe, The Wheels on the Bus, and many more. A great read for adults and children alike….
3. The Oxford Dictionary Of Nursery Rhymes (1992)
Paperback: 467 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press (1992) Language: English ASIN: B000IXXI3K Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,597,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #402705 in Reference (Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
4. Dancing and Singing Games (The Kingfisher Nursery Library) (1992)
Series: Kingfisher Nursery Library Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Kingfisher Books (July 30, 1992) Language: English ISBN-10: 0862728908 ISBN-13: 978-0862728908 Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,166,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
5. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs: P/V/G (2004)
(Music Sales America). A treasury of 169 all-time favorite songs for children and young people! Nursery rhymes, campfire songs and folk tunes plus traditional game and activity rhymes all gathered together in one great collection. Songs include: Baa Baa Black Sheep * Dry Bones * Humpty Dumpty * Jack and Jill * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Pop Goes the Weasel * The Farmer and the Dell * The Wheels on the Bus * and many more….
6. Text Structures From Nursery Rhymes: Teaching Reading and Writing to Young Children (Corwin Literacy) (2017)
A Revolutionary Strategy for Teaching Writing to Children How can we shape young students, often just learning how to hold a pencil, into capable writers? This groundbreaking book offers the solution: a clear framework for guiding children to write in any style, from narrative to persuasive. The key lies in using familiar text structures to break down a story into its main components, immediately thrusting students into the role of the writer. Included are 53 lessons, each centered around a classic nursery rhyme, and all the tools you’ll need to lead your…
7. Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times Vol I Great Americans (2019)
These educational nursery rhymes are about 25 great Americans. Rhymes can entertain. And our brains are “wired” to remember them, just as many remember Mother Goose rhymes. But this book’s rhymes and illustrations also can educate. They can prime a lifetime of learning. So children may be better prepared to learn, to learn how to learn, and to excel in school and life. These rhymes can help children remember the qualities and achievements of some of our greatest people: from Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abraham Lincoln,…
8. Children’s songs & nursery rhymes for easy piano. Vol 1. (Volume 1) (2016)
This collection features some of the most popular children’s songs and nursery rhymes arranged for easy piano. Every song comes with a melody version and a chord version with lyrics. This volume includes: – All the pretty little horses – Hush, little baby – The muffin man – Twinkle, twinkle little star – Little Tommy Tucker – Bingo – The grand old Duke of York – Old MacDonald had a farm – Girls and boys come out to play – Mary had a little lamb – Wee Willie Winkie – London bridge is falling down – Over the river and through the woods – She’ll…
9. Farm Nursery Songs (2018)
This book about farming is written in song, Sung to popular tunes so you can sing along! Sing them with your family and with your friends, Sing them loud and proud until the book ends. Farming is something we should all know about, So learn while you sing, and check this book out!…
10. StoryTime STEM: Nursery Rhymes: 10 Favorite Rhymes With Hands-On Investigations (2019)
What better way to get young children excited about STEM than through beloved nursery rhymes? Children explore ways to keep Humpty Dumpty from breaking after a fall, design a system for Jack and Jill to bring water down the hill without carrying it, build a catapult to help the cow jump over the moon, and many more. Each nursery rhyme comes with three STEM activities and companion recording sheets. A joyful way to spark a love of science in little learners!…
11. The ItsyBitsyKids Nursery Rhyme Songbook: 40 lead sheets arranged for voice and guitar (2019)
A beautifully presented collection of famous nursery rhymes and fairy stories that perfectly capture the loveliness of childhood. The sheets are arranged for voice and guitar and lovely illustrated by ItsyBitsyKids. To make this as easy as possible every song includes chord boxes for the guitar. The ItsyBitsyKids Nursery Rhyme Songbook is ideal for children of all ages. You can sing along every song with the videos of the YouTube-Channel ItsyBitsyKids. A list of all sheets is here:Are You SleepingBaa Baa Black SheepBINGO Dog SongBaby Bumble BeeFive Little DucksFive Little MonkeysFive Little Speckled FrogsHead And Shoulders, Knees…
12. Mother Goose Rhymes (2002)
In this beloved collection, children will be entranced by these whimsical and memorable, classic rhymes!Between the pages of the Brighter Child(R) Keepsake Stories books are the classic tales of magic, imagination, and inspiration that will delight children again and again. From the hard-working Red Hen to the foolish Gingerbread Man, these stories will capture children’s interest and spark their imagination page after page, inspiring a lifelong love of literature and reading. Each book includes 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, and measures 8″ x 8″….
13. Nicola Bayley’s Book of Nursery Rhymes by Nicola Bayley (2013-09-05) ()
Paperback Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (1653) ASIN: B01K2W0WO4 Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,124,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
14. Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes (2009)
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….
15. Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English (1998)
Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness….
Best Nursery Rhyme Books You Should Read
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ABC Nursery Rhymes
Author(s): Kim Mitzo Thompson,Sharon Lane Holm
Publisher: Twin Sisters Productions, Year: 2011, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1345023
The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (1920)
Author(s): Walter Jerrold & Charles Robinson
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Year: 2010, Size: 451 Kb, Download: pdf
ID: 1190302
Little Jack Horner
Author(s): Laura Huliska-Beith
Publisher: Scholastic, Year: 2010, Size: 7 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1210522
Jack and Jill
Author(s): Laura Huliska-Beith .
Publisher: Scholastic, Year: 2010, Size: 7 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1210581
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Author(s): Albert Jack
Publisher: Perigee Trade, Year: 2009, Size: 3 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 1023831
From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood: Children's Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity (Children's Literature and Culture)
Author(s): Elizabeth Galway
Publisher: , Year: 2008, Size: 1 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 509617
Humpty Dumpty and Other Nursery Rhymes
Author(s):
Publisher: Pearson PLC, Penguin Group, Ladybird Books, Year: 2005, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 849433
Hickory Dickory Dock (Nursery Rhyme Collection)
Author(s): Jan Smith
Publisher: , Year: 1998, Size: 7 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 548831
Animal Crackers - Nursery Rhymes
Author(s):
Publisher: Lagardere Publishing, Year: 1996, Size: 4 Mb, Download: cbr
ID: 849321
English Nursery Rhymes for Young Learners (English Nursery Rhymes)
Author(s): Collins
Publisher: , Year: 1986, Size: 21 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 568128
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are truly chart-busters according to The Wall Street Journal, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.