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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Albert Jack; Lara Carlini |
| ISBN: | 9780399535550 0399535551 |
| OCLC Number: | 311777583 |
| Description: | xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Nursery rhymes -- Traditional songs and anthems. |
| Responsibility: | Albert Jack ; illustrations by Lara Carlini. |
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Abstract:
Examines the truth behind the meanings of popular nursery rhymes, identifying characters like Mary Quite Contrary, Georgie Porgie and Jack and Jill, and explores the events that inspired them, from Viking raids to slave smuggling.
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- Nursery rhymes, English -- Sources.
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