A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

The nursery rhyme “Frère Jacques,” also known as “Brother Jacques” or “Brother John” in English, tells the tale of a monk who is being summoned to ring the bells, which he seems not ...

Sinister rumors about the beloved cheery nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man” are being whisked around on social media, leaving a bad taste in slack-jawed mouths worldwide. “Which nursery rhyme ...

As a child, we all remember learning the words to nursery rhymes, but have you ever wondered what the popular song Ring a Ring o' Roses actually means? The song you may have sung with your friends ...

The nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses," often linked to childhood nostalgia, is believed to have connections to the Black Death and the Great Plague of London. The lyrics are thought to ...

I still have a copy of my childhood favourite, Tootles the Taxi, which showed types of vehicles, with simple rhymes and beautiful illustrations. And, from early on, Ladybird began producing ... in the ...

The earliest surviving printed record of the “Jack Sprat” nursery rhyme is from John Clarke’s 1639 collection of proverbs: “Jack will eat no fat, and Jill doth love no leane. / Yet betwixt ...

She loved how each baby enjoyed nature, how they listened to the songbirds, observed every ladybug ... and it soon became a wildly popular nursery rhyme among the Colonies. And down will come ...

At the dawn of time, it was cave drawings. But somewhere in between there, nursery rhymes helped. Nursery rhymes like, “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” Yes, in a time when not everyone ...