A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes

Download or read book A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes written by Jennifer Griffin and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because it’s two o'clock in the morning and you can’t remember “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” Once upon a time, every parent knew Little Jack Horner, Wee Willie Winkie, and Little Miss Muffet. Now you will, too, with this crash course on timeless pleasures of Mother Goose and beyond. It features more than 70 poems, lullabies, rounds, and riddles, from classics like “Hey Diddle Diddle,” to newer songs like “The Wheels on the Bus,” too wonderful non-English versus including “Pío, Pío, Pío,” the sweet yet dramatic Chilean ditty about chickens. Plus, exactly how to perform the intricate finger ballet known as “Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Includes downloadable recordings.