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The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Starfall was founded on August 27, 2002, [3] by Stephen Schutz, his wife Susan Polis Schutz, and their son, Jared Schutz Polis. [2] [1] Starfall arose from Blue Mountain Arts, a publishing house in Boulder, Colorado founded by Stephen Schutz. Starfall received this name because the founders believed that the name "evoked wonder and delight". [2]
Hickory Dickory Dock. "Hickory Dickory Dock". Illustration by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1744. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Hickory Dickory Dock " or " Hickety Dickety Dock " is a popular English-language nursery rhyme.
Illustration by William Wallace Denslow. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1765. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Hey Diddle Diddle " (also " Hi Diddle Diddle ", " The Cat and the Fiddle ", or " The Cow Jumped Over the Moon ") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. [1]
Traditional. " The Farmer in the Dell " is a singing game, nursery rhyme, folksong, and children's song. It probably originated in Germany and was brought to America by immigrants. [ 1] From there, it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It is Roud Folk Song Index number 6306.
It is commonly used to teach the alphabet to children in English-speaking countries. "The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. The melody is from a 1761 French music book and is also used in other nursery rhymes like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", while the author of the lyrics is unknown. Songs ...
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. The rhyme as illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler. " Baa, Baa, Black Sheep " is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries. It is sung to a variant of the 18th century French melody "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman".
History. "Apple Pie ABC" is a simple rhyme meant to teach children the order of the alphabet and relates the various ways children react to an apple pie. After the first line, A was an apple pie, the rest of the letters refer to verbs. The earliest printed versions, dating from the 18th century, have the following form: "A was an Apple pie; B ...