Mother Goose rhymes are smartly paired and dreamily illustrated in this beguiling collection from Lipchenko. Each page features two poems, which often have shared elements or themes (a wide-lipped ...

Many of us grew up singing the children's nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty, the story of a giant egg who fell off a wall and cracked. Just to remind you how it goes: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty ...

Children need nonsense that rhymes. English nursery rhymes give them casual violence, racism, child abuse, sudden death and dark emotions instead I know now that Hattimatimtim is a chicken-like ...

Nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty and Old Mother Hubbard, may be passed off as fun, but Susan Ackroyd has found they often have hidden meanings.