> To market, to market, To buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, > Jiggety-jig. > > To market, to market, To buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, > Jiggety-jog. > > To market, to market, To buy...
This Is the Way the Ladies Ride
> This is the way the ladies ride, Nimble, nimble, nimble, nimble! > > This is the way the ladies ride, A-nimble, nimble, nimble! > > This is the way the gentlemen ride, Gallop-a-trot,...
My Little Dad
> a Danish nursery rhyme adapted by N.M. Bodecker > > My little Dad > > had five little piggies: good 'un, bad 'un, > This Little Cow > > a Chinese nursery rhyme adapted by Robert Wyndham gay...
This Little Finger
a Costa Rican nursery rhyme adapted by Joan Gilbert Van Poznak This little finger found a little egg, This little finger cooked it, This little finger sprinkled salt on it, This little finger...
Lullaby
by Christina Rossetti Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! While the birds are silence...
Go to Sleep
> a French nursery rhyme adapted by Nicholas Tucker Go to sleep, My dear little brother, Go to sleep, Dear brother of mine. Papa is a knight With armor so bright; Mama is a queen, In her...
Pat-a-Cake
> Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as fast as you > can; Pat it and prick it, and mark it with B, Put it in the oven for > baby and me.
Nursery Rhymes | Old Mother Goose
> Old Mother Goose, > > When she wanted to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine > gander. Mother Goose had a house, 'Twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door For a sentinel...
Once Upon a Time
This volume contains selections to read aloud and share with young children—stories, nursery rhymes, and poems, including classics such as Mother Goose rhymes and The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, and modern favorites such as Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema.
What was Childcraft?
Purpose of the project Childcraft was first published in 1934. Since then it has undergone substantial revision several times. This...
