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The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes by Iona Archibald Opie; Peter Opie is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes about?
<p>Here is a brand new edition of <b>the</b> classic anthology of nursery rhymes-over 500 rhymes, songs, nonsense jingles, and lullabies traditionally handed down to young children. Included are all of your favorites, ranging from Yankee Doodle Came to Town and A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go to Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Jack and Jill and Old Mother Hubbard. And complementing the rhymes are nearly a hundred illustrations, including reproductions of early art found in ballad sheets and music books, which highlight the development of children's illustrations over the last two centuries.<br> With each piece, Iona and Peter Opie introduced a wealth of information, noting the earliest known publications of the rhyme, describing how it originated, illustrating changes in wording over time, and indicating variations and parallels in other languages. Moreover, in the general introduction, the Opies discuss the different types of rhyme and the earliest published collections, and they address such questions as who was Mother Goose and whether or not individual rhymes originally portrayed real people. For this second edition, the notes have been updated and extended in light of recent scholarship, p
Who reads The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Iona Archibald Opie; Peter Opie
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198691112
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Folklore, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (131 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14