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Nursery Rhymes Genre
Books in the Nursery Rhymes genre:
Mother Goose's Melodies (1833)
This was the most well-known collection of nursery rhymes in America in the early nineteenth century. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Alexander Anderson
Abel Bowen
Nathaniel Dearborn
The Nursery Rhymes of England (1843)
Author(s):
James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s):
None
Traditional Nursery Songs of England (1843)
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England (1849)
One of the first compilations of English nursery rhymes and tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s):
None
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin (1864)
A traditional tale of cock robin, the sparrow and a bow and arrow. Shown above is the rear cover of the very rare Painted Toy Book.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren (1865)
A well-known nursery rhyme.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The “House that Jack Built” Alphabet (1865)
This version includes outline pictures, opposite the colored plates, to be filled in by the user.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Sing a Song of Sixpence (1866)
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
This is the cover for a later edition.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
One, Two Buckle My Shoe (1869)
A counting rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Little Boy Blue (1870)
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
This Little Pig Went to Market (1870)
The familiar toe rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
King Luckieboy’s Picture Book (1871)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Harrison Weir
The Merrie Heart (1871)
Author(s):
M. E. G.
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Et al
Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Absurd ABC (1874)
Short beautifully illustrated and engraved A-Z book with a nursery rhyme theme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Marquis of Carabas’ Picture Book (1874)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Old Mother Hubbard (1874)
The traditional rhyme about an old woman and her dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1876)
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales (1876)
Two separately-paginated books bound as one with over five hundred illustrations. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al