Frank Carlson Library

A well-known nursery rhyme with pictures by a notable nineteenth-century English illustrator.

This version of the familiar nursery rhyme features a family of pigs dressed as humans. On board pages.

An illustrated collection of traditional nursery rhymes.

Forty-four stories kids can read by following the pictures.

With a verse similar to "Old MacDonald had a Farm," a young man asks a young woman to take a walk along the river.

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes with instructions for accompanying finger plays.

Provides instructions for twenty easy-to-make crafts based on nursery rhymes, including a Jack and Jill party hat, an old woman's shoe magnet, and a runaway dish and spoon puppet.

To Mrs. Nettle, rough but kind, Red Admirals leave their babes to mind, And spend the golden summer hours Among the lovely garden flowers. Beautiful full-color illustrations and amusing verses recapture the magic and wonder of butterflies in this antique book from 1914. All of the baby butterfly characters are based on real species, and the text cites their common and scientific names and identifies the flowers and trees where they find food and shelter....

Rain, Rain, Go Away celebrates and encourages the playful spirt of children, no matter the weather! From sunshine to rain, nothing can stop the fun of a group of friends ready to play outside together!

For parents and children, these timeless verses are a marvelous way of capturing the joy and beauty of childhood - reproduced here with original Victorian illustrations. 120 poems. 120 illustrations by Arthur Hughes.