Iona Opie
(1923 - 0)
Iona Archibald Opie and her husband Peter Mason Opie were a married team of folklorists. They applied modern techniques to children’s literature. They are also noted anthologists, and assembled large collections of children’s literature, toys, and games.
Bibliography
The Classic Fairy Tales (1974)
Twenty-four of the best-know fairy tales, as they were first printed in English, along with much information on the early editions, all accompanied with classic illustrations.
Ditties for the Nursery (1954)
This collection was originally published about 1805 and includes such familiar rhymes as 'Tweedledee and Tweedledum.'
A Family Book of Nursery Rhymes (1964)
An extensive collection of nursery rhymes from those indefatigable collectors, the Opies.
Read online at archive.org.
Peter Opie
I Saw Esau (1947)
A collection of schoolyard rhymes. The illustrated dust jacket is from the second issue.
The Opie Book of Nursery Rhymes (1997)
A copious and critical collection of nursery rhymes.
Peter Opie
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse (1973)
The object of this collection is "to make available in one place the classics of children's poetry: that small satchelful of verse whose existence constitutes one of the pleasing advantages of being born to the English tongue."
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951)
The definitive collection of nursery rhymes in English.
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book (1955)
A collection of over 800 nursery rhymes, jingles, riddles, catches, tongue twisters, counting rhymes, baby games, alphabets, prayers, songs and lullabies.
Various
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes (1963)
An extensive collection of nursery rhymes by those indefatigable collectors, the Opies.
Read online at archive.org.
Peter Opie
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose (1988)
A collection of nursery rhymes, each illustrated by a different artist.
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children (1977)
This is a revised and expanded edition of an exhibition catalog.
Peter Opie