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Nursery Rhymes Genre
Books in the Nursery Rhymes genre:
The House that Jack Built (1878)
The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
Sing a song for six pence
A pocket full of rye.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
A traditional rhyme that goes through all the farmer’s animals and their sounds. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Queen of Hearts (1881)
The King was in his counting house …
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Hey Diddle Diddle (1882)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Milkmaid (1882)
This is an old song of a milkmaid and a young gentleman, here exhibited and explained in many designs. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
A traditional hunting song. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
A traditional ballad. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
A humorous rhyme about a pawnbroker. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs (1885)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)
All the picture books in one volume.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Mother Goose in Prose (1897)
The master of Oz gives the real story behind twenty-two nursery rhymes.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
Mother Goose for Grown-Ups (1900)
Guy Wetmore Carryl’s gift for comic verse shines in these reworkings of familiar Mother Goose rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Gustave Verbeek
Mother Goose in Prose (1901)
The Wizard of Oz tells the real story behind twenty-two nursery rhymes.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: First Series (1902)
Illustrations from the Picture Books with outlines on the opposite page to color in.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: Second Series (1902)
Color pictures from the Picture Books on one page, outlines to color in on the facing page.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Mother Goose in Prose (1905)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish