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For more than 75 years The Real Mother Goose has been delighting thousands of boys and girls, and the magic is as strong as ever. Men and women who loved this book in childhood can now share it with their children. All the familiar verses are here, exactly as they have been repeated from generation to generation. Full color.
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Gotham Books
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2006.
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English
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Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seem--there is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victoria decided that children were better off without the full story, London librarian Roberts brings the truth to light. He traces the origins of the subtle phrases and antiquated references, revealing religious hatred, political subversion, and sexual innuendo. A history lesson that makes astonishing...
16) Big fat hen
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A big fat hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks.
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A contemporary interpretation of the well-known nineteenth-century nursery rhyme about the school-going lamb, accompanied by color photographs, a sample exercise from McGuffey's reader, and a note on the history of the author and her famous rhyme.