The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional street cries, riddle verses, nursery maxims, and humorous ballads. The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations, many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings.

 

There are 240 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1963 by Oxford University Press .

Iona Opie has, in partnership with her late husband Peter Opie, edited many acclaimed books of children's folklore, including The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. I Saw Esau, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and My Very First Mother Goose. Rosemary Wells has won many major awards for her books, which include the Max and Ruby stories, three titles about Edward the Unready and Felix Feels Better. About Mother Goose, she says, "These rhymes are a celebration of the English language - it's our history and it's wonderful. "