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Nursery Rhymes Genre

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Books in the Nursery Rhymes genre:

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)

This omnibus contains the last eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882) The Milkmaid (1882) The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883) A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883) Come Lasses and Lads (1884... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Walter Crane’s Painting Book (1889)

Outlines, with the original colored plates on facing pages. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Turtle Dove’s Nest and Other Nursery Rhymes (1890)

This collection of nursery rhymes, nonsense and songs, appears to be part of a longer work as the pagination begins with page 191. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
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Mother Goose Complete Melodies (1892)

Mainly Mother Goose rhymes.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
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Triplets (1894)

An omnibus containing The Baby’s Opera, The Baby’s Bouquet and The Baby’s Own Æsop. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

This Little Pig His Picture Book (1895)

An omnibus containing The Fairy Ship, King Luckieboy’s Party and This Little Pig. Also titled Walter Crane’s Picture book Vol. 1. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

This Little Pig Went to Market (1895)

The familiar toe rhyme. This is a later reprint with new endpapers. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Absurd ABC (1896)

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

Cock Robin and Other Stories (1896)

Five stories by E. Veale, the fairy tale authoress, illustrated by Palmer Cox. Read online at Baldwin Library.... View More

Author(s): E. Veale
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

A Book of Nursery Rhymes (1897)

Forty-one nursery rhymes with colored illustrations engraved on wood. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): F. D. Bedford
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Mother Goose in Prose (1897)

The master of Oz gives the real story behind twenty-two nursery rhymes. This is a portfolio of the illustrations, signed by Maxfield Parrish. Twenty-seven copies were produced.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

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

The Nursery Rhyme Book (1897)

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

Mother Hubbard (1898)

The traditional rhyme about an old woman and her dog. This is a later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Lightning Sketches for ‘The House That Jack Built’ (1899)

Preliminary sketches for the R. Caldecott Picture Book.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The April Baby’s Book of Tunes (1900)

An English mother entertains her three young German daughters by setting English nursery rhymes to music. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth von Arnim
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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.

One, Two Buckle My Shoe (1900)

This is a later reissue. A counting rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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