Project Gutenberg 2008-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 699 Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) 1862 1940 Brooke, Leonard Leslie Brooke, Leslie The Nursery Rhyme Book Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Nursery Rhyme Book" by Andrew Lang is a collection of timeless nursery rhymes and children’s songs compiled in the late 19th century. It features a wide variety of nursery rhymes, some with historical context and others purely whimsical, meant to evoke childhood memories and nostalgia for readers. The collection includes illustrations that complement the playful and lyrical nature of the rhymes, allowing new generations to enjoy them alongside the original charm of their historical origins. At the start of "The Nursery Rhyme Book," the editor Andrew Lang reflects on the power of nursery rhymes to evoke childhood memories, recounting personal experiences related to familiar verses like "Who Killed Cock Robin?" He notes the significance of these rhymes in passing cultural heritage from grandparents to grandchildren. The opening portion introduces the concept that while many of the origins of these rhymes are unknown, they have been shared and sung for centuries, capturing the essence of childhood joy and folklore intertwined with history. Alongside playful anecdotes about historical figures referenced in the rhymes, this introduction sets the stage for the collection that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Nursery rhymes PN Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Poetry Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 360727 2025-06-11T04:30:01.870789 text/html 336297 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3435938 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3372280 2025-06-11T04:30:32.541650 application/epub+zip 3373432 2025-06-11T04:30:13.586750 application/epub+zip 143641 2025-06-11T04:30:04.911810 application/epub+zip 6970761 2025-06-11T04:30:37.927632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6930130 2025-06-11T04:30:22.492741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285817 2022-09-12T08:29:43.434478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207772 2025-06-11T04:29:59.264822 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207637 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 59917 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 207634 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59882 2021-01-03T22:46:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21108 2025-06-11T04:30:38.138617 application/rdf+xml 36046 2025-06-11T04:30:05.110790 image/jpeg 5068 2025-06-11T04:30:05.009818 image/jpeg 3427919 2025-06-11T04:30:02.382805 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia