Classic Mother Goose nursery rhymes have been popular for centuries! Their rollicking repetition and rhyme have helped generations of young children to hear and discriminate sounds in language–important early reading skills.
That’s why we’re so excited to share one of our latest books, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: With Real Kittens, Puppies, Bunnies, and Piggies. This anthology collection of classic nursery rhymes features more than one hundred animal photographs taken over a century ago by animal photographer, Harry Whittier Frees. We think these charming vintage animal photographs are just as engaging today as they were generations ago!
Because picture support is so important for pre-readers and early readers, every single nursery rhyme is accompanied by an animal photograph.
Below are just a few of some of the most popular nursery rhymes from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: With Real Kittens, Puppies, Bunnies and Piggies:
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn;
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
Here’s under the haystack, fast asleep.
This Little Piggy
This Little Piggy went to the market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
And this little piggy had none.
And this little piggy cried, “Wee, wee, wee!”
All the way home!
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,
Tapping at the windows, crying through the lock,
“Are all the children in their beds? It’s past eight o’clock.”
Georgie Porgie
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry;
When the boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.
Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb,
and pulled out a plumb,
and said, “What a good boy am I!”
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To get her poor dog a bone;
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare,
and so the poor dog had none.
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them;
Leave them alone,
and they’ll come home,
wagging their tails behind them.
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son, John,
Went to bed with his trousers on,
One shoe off and one shoe on,
Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John.
Old King Cole
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
There are over one hundred nursery rhymes—each with its own vintage animal photograph included in Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: With Real Kittens, Puppies, Bunnies, and Piggies.