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You will love this book if you enjoy folklore, word play and old songs, or if you read aloud to children and want to know the stories behind the rhymes you already say.
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A king counts his money, a queen eats bread and honey, and blackbirds sing from a pie. Where do such verses come from? The Nursery Rhymes of England, gathered by James Orchard Halliwell, collects hundreds of rhymes chanted to English children for generations. It sorts them into eighteen classes, from history and riddles to games and lullabies, and adds notes on the sources of many rhymes. Here you hear the sounds, the tales and the odd history behind them. First, meet the collector.
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- 1A collector sorts the nursery into classesFree
- 2Old rhymes keep the memory of kings and rebels
- 3Counting and letters teach through rhythm
- 4Tales in rhyme and prose fill the third class
- 5Proverbs and school rhymes pass on everyday wisdom
- 6The songs carry the best-loved tunes and tales
- 7Riddles and charms play with answers and magic
- 8Games and lullabies shape how children play and sleep
- 9Chains, nonsense and love fill the final classes
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A collector sorts the nursery into classes
James Orchard Halliwell gathers the rhymes of the English nursery into one book. His preface says the steady love of the public for these verses proves that children still want the old chanted nonsense, which he links to the nursery songs of the ancient North.
He argues that a rhyme works like light reading for the very young. A child whose parents insist that the cow must jump under the moon, and that the dog must bark, loses something of imagination. He says he gathered the rhymes from nearly every county in England, and he calls them flowers for a child's unhappy hours.
Eighteen classes follow, from Historical to Relics. The notes quote old manuscripts, plays and songbooks, so the book is both a treasury and a research file.
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About 3 h 10 min to read.Questions about Le filastrocche d’Inghilterra
What is Humpty Dumpty in this book?
He appears in the riddle class, where the answer is an egg. Two versions are given, each describing an impossible task of repair.
How is the book arranged?
It has eighteen classes, running from historical rhymes and tales to proverbs, songs, riddles, charms, games, lullabies, love rhymes and local verses. Each rhyme has a Roman numeral, and an index lists first lines.
Is this a good book to read aloud?
Yes, it suits reading aloud because most rhymes are only a few lines, with strong rhythm and repeated sounds. The tales, games and lullabies each have a clear shape, so you can pick a class and begin anywhere.