The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

by Peter Opie and Iona Opie

Book Overview

Here is a brand new edition of the 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198600887
• ISBN13: 9780198600886
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Simply wonderfull!

It's simply wonderfull! More than 500 nursery rhymes, lullabies, riddles with intresting notices about origin. A real treasure for me and for my site: www.filastrocche.it.

Simply wonderfull!

It's simply wonderfull! More than 500 nursery rhymes, lullabies and riddles with great and interesting notices about origin.

A must for anyone interested in NRs and their origin

This is the seminal publication on nursery rhymes, IMO. The Opies have been collecting information about nursery rhymes for more than 50 years. The second edition of their OD of NR was published last year (1997) and is greatly updated on the first. It includes indepth analysis of over 550 nursery rhymes. I've been unable to find a NS of my knowledge that isn't included in there.It makes a great present for a new-born, or his/her parents more like!