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34 Best Nursery Rhymes for Kids (Lyrics and Activities)

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• 1 Free Nursery Rhymes for Kids
• 2 A Tisket, A Tasket Lyrics
• 3 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics
• 4 Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics
• 5 Hickory Dickory Dock Lyrics
• 6 Humpty Dumpty Lyrics
• 7 I’m a Little Teapot Lyrics
• 8 It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Lyrics
• 9 Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics
• 10 Jack and Jill Lyrics
• 11  Jack Be Nimble Lyrics
• 12 Little Bo Peep Lyrics
• 13 Little Boy Blue Lyrics
• 14 Little Miss Muffet Lyrics
• 15 Mary Had a Little Lamb Lyrics
• 16 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Lyrics
• 17 Polly Put the Kettle On Lyrics
• 18 Rain, Rain Go Away Lyrics
• 19 Row, Row, Row your Boat Lyrics
• 20 Star Light, Star Bright Lyrics
• 21  
• 22 The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics
• 23 There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Lyrics
• 24 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lyrics
• 25 Wee Willie Winkle
• 26 A Wise Old Owl Lyrics
• 27 Hot Cross Buns Lyrics
• 28 One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Once I caught a fish alive) Lyrics
• 29 Little Jack Horner Lyrics
• 30 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Lyrics
• 31 Old Mother Hubbard Lyrics
• 32 Pat a Cake Lyrics
• 33 Pease Porridge Hot Lyrics
• 34 Roses are Red Lyrics
• 35 Three Blind Mice Lyrics
• 36 Three Little Kittens Lyrics

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Nursery Rhymes for kids lay the foundation to early language and reading skills. Children who are frequently read and sang to early on, are much more likely to develop strong reading skills.

After using poems to teach kids how to read over the past 17 years, I have found nursery rhymes to be the most effective tool. I’m so excited to share this list of the nursery rhymes for kids with you. They will build vocabulary, fluency, expressive and receptive language, rhyming skills, and expand the kids’ imagination.

Free Nursery Rhymes for Kids

In this blog post, you will find the some of the best nursery rhymes lyrics and suggested activities.  Before you start scrolling, grab your FREE poetry guide with checklists, activities, and printables.

A Tisket, A Tasket Lyrics

A Tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.

I wrote a letter to my friend, and on the way I dropped it. 

I dropped it, I dropped it, 

and on the way I dropped it.

The little boy, he picked it up,

and put it in his pocket. 

• A Tisket, A Tasket Build a Poem activity for in the classroom or at home.
• Have the kiddos write or draw a letter to a friend, then act out the poem.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics

Baa, baa, black sheep

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir

Three bags full.

One for my master

And one for the dame

One for the little boy

Who lives down the lane. 

• Color a sheep template black, then use cotton balls to incorporate a sensory craft
• Estimate how many cotton balls it will take to fill three lunch bags
• Baa, Baa Black Sheep Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics

Hey diddle, diddle,

the cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport,

and the dish ran away with the spoon. 

Get “Hey Diddle Diddle”, HERE or on TPT

• Introduce a fiddle, and let the kids have turns acting out the cat’s role
• Paint a picture of a cow jumping over the moon.
• Have a jumping contest
• Do a sight word hunt using the printable Hey Diddle Diddle Poem.
• Hey Diddle Diddle Build a Poem

Hickory Dickory Dock Lyrics

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck two, the mouse said “BOO!”

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck three, the mouse said “WHEE!”

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck four, the mouse said “No more!”

Hickory dickory dock.

• Use with a Teaching Time kit to integrate lessons about clocks and time.
• Talk about and act out position words: up, down, etc.
• Come up with a list of rhyming words for mouse.
• Hickory Dickory Dock Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Humpty Dumpty Lyrics

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the Kings horses, and all the king’s men,

couldn’t put Humpty together again. 

• Grab your FREE Humpty Dumpty Printable and Build a Poem when you sign up to my Little Learning Corner Newsletter, HERE.

Get Humpty Dumpty, HERE or on TPT

I’m a Little Teapot Lyrics

I’m a little teapot short and stout.

Here is my handle, here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up, hear my shout.

Just tip me over, and pour me out!

• Have a tea party using a kids Tea set
• Integrate lessons on measurement. Compare compacity and weight of a teapot verves a teacup

This printable poem is exclusive to the Poem of the Day Bundle, HERE or on TPT.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Lyrics

It’s raining, it’s pouring.

The old man is snoring.

Went to bed, and bumped his head

and couldn’t get up in the morning.

• Act out the poem (the kids love being the old man who snores
• Integrate a lesson on weather 
• It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain.

And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

• Integrate Spider Facts for Kids sentence building activities.
• Use hand movements to reinforce the poem or song.
• Focus on positional words
• Make a paper plate spider craft
• Add the Itsy Bitsy Spider printable poem to the kids’ poetry notebook
• Itsy Bitsy Spider Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Jack and Jill Lyrics

Jack and Jill went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down, and broke his crown,

and Jill came tumbling after.

• Get a class set of plastic pails, and let the kids act out this popular nursery rhyme for kids.
• Jack and Jill poetry packet
• Jack and Jill Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

 Jack Be Nimble Lyrics

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the candlestick.

Jack jumped high. Jack jumped low. 

Jack jumped over, and burned his toe! 

• Get a cheap candlestick mold and candle making kit to make candles with your kids. (This is great to do with a parent volunteer)
• Let the kids practice jumping over a candlestick while reciting the nursery rhymes for kids.
• Jack Be Nimble Build a Poem – replace the Jack card with the students names to personalize this fun nursery rhyme for kids (see video above)

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Bo Peep Lyrics

This traditional nursery rhyme is one I like to include in my farm themed lesson plans. For example, the introduction of sheep allows for the talk of other farm animals. It’s great a bridge into more mother goose nursery rhymes naturally occurs. For example, you can then teach more English nursery rhymes such as “This Little Piggy”, “Five Little Ducks”, “Three Little Pigs”, “Five Little Speckled Frogs”, “Old MacDonald”, and more popular rhymes.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Bo Peep lost her sheep,

and doesn’t know where to find them.

Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,

bringing their tails behind them.

• Grab this set of 3 Sheep stuffed animals to let the kids act out the nursery rhyme for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade.
• Little Bo Peep Build a Poem

Little Boy Blue Lyrics

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn.

The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.

But where’s the boy who looks after the sheep?

He’s under a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him? No – not I.

For if I do, he’s sure to cry.

• This a great nursery rhyme for kids to incorporate your favorite farm animal lessons.
• Set up a farm pretend area 
• Little Boy Blue Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Miss Muffet Lyrics

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,

eating her curdy and whey.

Along came a spider who sat down beside her,

and frightened Miss Muffet away.

• Do a nursery rhyme for kids comparison with Little Miss Muffet and Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Introduce vocabulary, such as tuffet, curds and whey, and frightened.
• Swap out frightened for another word to describe emotions and act them all out.
• Little Miss Muffet Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Mary Had a Little Lamb Lyrics

Mary had a little lamb,

it’s fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went,

the lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day

and broke the teacher’s rule

And what a time did they have

that day at school.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

• Swap out the name “Mary” for the kids’ names. It’s a great way to personalize nursery rhymes for preschoolers.
• Send home a little lamb stuffed animal with the kids and have them recite the poem to their family. Rotate through all of the kids.
• Mary Had a Little Lamb Build a Poem

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Lyrics

One, two, buckle my shoe.

Three, four, shut the door.

Five, six, pick up sticks.

Seven, eight, lay them straight.

Nine, ten, a big fat hen. 

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

• Work on number word recognition – highlighting the number words in the printable poem.
• Identify the rhyming patterns throughout the nursery rhyme for kids.
• Act out the poem
• Try to come up with new lyrics
• One Two Buckle My Shoe Build a Poem 

Polly Put the Kettle On Lyrics

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

We’ll all have tea.

Sukey, take it off again.

Sukey, take it off again.

Sukey, take it off again.

They’ve all gone away.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

• Do a compare and contrast with “I’m a Little Teapot”
• Set up a kitchen area with a toy kettle
• Let the kids role play as Polly and Sukey
• Polly Put the Kettle On Build a Poem

Rain, Rain Go Away Lyrics

Rain, rain, go away.

Come again another day.

Little Johnny wants to play.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

• Integrate with your lessons about weather.
• Replace “Johnny” with your kid’s name.
• Rain Rain Go Away Build a Poem

Row, Row, Row your Boat Lyrics

Row, row, row your boat

gently down the stream. 

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

life if but a dream.

• Sink or float activities
• Water table
• Row Row Row Your Boat Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Star Light, Star Bright Lyrics

Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight;

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

• Get a telescope for kids and let them look at the stars
• Integrate this nursery rhyme for kids with your lessons about shapes.  Making Words Shapes and Write the Room Shapes are two popular activities.
• Star Light Star Bright Build a Poem

The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round

all through the town.  

• Sing with hand motions
• Each kid and be a part of, or people on, the bus (wheels, wipers, babies, mommy, etc) and act out their part.
• The Wheels on the Bus poetry packet

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Some may debate that The Wheels on the Bus is an American Folk song, while others claim it to be a classic Mother Goose song for kids. Either way, it was published in 1939, and remains a popular song for kids of all ages.

This nursery rhyme for kids has variations, changing “wheels” to wipers, kids, babies, bus driver, mommies, daddies, and horn – to name a few.   Each variation has a different hand motion or sound effect, making this a very engaging and interactive song for kids.

There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Lyrics

This fun, classic nursery rhyme, inspires young children to use their imagination. The kids say this is a funny nursery rhyme because how can an old lady actually live in a shoe. They ask questions such as “how many little boys live in the shoe?”, and “Is there a little girl?” While you may want to work on more thorough reading comprehension questions, and focus on learning new words, this is a fun poem for kids of all ages.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. 

She gave them some broth without any bread.

Then, whipped them all soundly, and put them to bed. 

• Free coloring page of There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
• Practice tying shoes with kids
• There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lyrics

Twinkle twinkle little star,

how I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

like a diamond in the sky. 

Twinkle twinkle little star,

how I wonder what you are.  

• Put up glow in the dark stars throughout the room
• Work on shape identification: Making Words Shapes and Write the Room shapes are two great resources to learn shapes.
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Wee Willie Winkle

 Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;

Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,

“Are the children in their beds?

Now it’s eight o’clock.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

• Have a pajama day with the kids.
• Integrate learning to tell time.
• Have the kids graph when their nap time is.
• Wee Willie Winkie Build a Poem

A Wise Old Owl Lyrics

A wise old owl sat in an oak.

The more he heard,

the less he spoke.

The less he spoke,

the more he heard. 

Why aren’t we all like

that wise old bird? 

• A Wise Old Owl Build A Poem
• Make a cute set of Owl Eyes as a STEM project
• Foam Owl Art Crafts

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Hot Cross Buns Lyrics

Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns

If your daughters

Don’t like them,

Give them to your sons.

Hot cross buns.

• Hot cross bun taste testing and graph
• Make fresh buns with the kids.
• Play a money game from Learning Resources
• Hot Cross Buns Build a Poem

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Once I caught a fish alive) Lyrics

One, two, three, four, five.

Once I caught a fish alive.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?

Because he bit my finger so.

Which finger did he bite?

This little finger on the right. 

One, Two, Three, Four, Five Suggested Activities | Nursery Rhymes for Kids

• Go fishing for sight words! Put a small magnetic dot on the back of sight word cards, attach a paper clip to a string on the end of dow rod, and fish for sight words.
• One, Two, Three, Four, Five Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Jack Horner Lyrics

Little Jack Horner

sat in a corner

eating a Christmas pie.

He put in his thumb

and pulled out a plumb

and said, “What a good boy and I?”

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Little Jack Horner Suggested Activities

• Pie tasting and graphing your favorite pie
• Plumb tasting
• Little Jack Horner Build a Poem

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Lyrics

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells

and cockle shells,

and pretty maids all in a row. 

Get this poem on TPT

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Suggested Activities

• Kids Plant and Flower Growing Kit
• Make paper flower patterns
• Intro to flower facts for kids
• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Build a Poem

Old Mother Hubbard Lyrics

Old Mother Hubbard

went to the cupboard

to get her poor dog a bone.

But when she got there,

the cupboards were bare,

so the poor dog had none.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Old Mother Hubbard Suggested Activities

• Fun printable and digital pet activities
• Sew your own pet craft for kids
• Old Mother Hubbard Build a Poem

Pat a Cake Lyrics

Pat a cake, pat a cake bakers man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a B.

But it in the oven for baby and me.

Pat a Cake Suggested Activities

• Integrate your lesson about community helpers
• Set up a bakery dress-up area with a cake pretend playset.
• This is the perfect song to integrate hand movements and support kinesthetic learners.
• Pat a Cake Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Pease Porridge Hot Lyrics

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.

Pease porridge in the pot

nine days old.

Some like it hot, some like it cold,

Some like it in the pot

nine days old.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Pease Porridge Hot Suggested Activities

• Do a nursery rhyme for kids comparison with Little Miss Muffet, and with the fable, Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Pease Porridge Hot Build a Poem

Roses are Red Lyrics

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Sugar is sweet 

and so are you. 

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

It’s the simplest nursery rhymes for kids that often stick out the most!

Roses are Red Suggested Activities

• Do a nature walk and collect wild flowers, then sort them by color or type
• Plant roses
• Roses are Red Build a Poem

Three Blind Mice Lyrics

Three blind mice,

three blind mice,

See how they run,

see how they run.

They all ran after the farmer’s wife

who cut off their tails with a carving knife.

Did you ever see such

a sight in your life,

as three blind mice?

Three Blind Mice Suggested Activities

• Blindfold three students, and have them run a short distance (if there is an open, safe, area)
• Integrate 5 Senses activities
• Three Blind Mice Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Three Little Kittens Lyrics

Three little kittens,

they lost their mittens,

and they began to cry.

“Oh, mother dear,”

we sadly fear, 

that we have lost our mittens.

Three Little Kittens Suggested Activities

• Incorporate a pretend pet area in the classroom to support these traditional rhymes.
• Read “The Mitten” by Jan Brett
• Do a poem comparison with Three Blind Mice
• Three Little Kittens Build a Poem

Get this printable HERE or on TPT

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Nursery rhymes for kids in songs and books help children playfully learn meter and rhyme, giving them a literacy and storytelling foundation from a young age.

What are the other benefits for kids?

In addition, nursery rhymes help develop language as a child’s ear attunes to the sounds in language. Not to mention, saying them out loud improves speech.

Plus, singing nursery rhyme such as the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, or Five Little Ducks teaches kids patterns in language, vocabulary, and memorization. And since the lyrics include lots of repetition, kids have many opportunities for success with memory and beginning reading.

Add in movement as you sing the songs like you can in 10 Little Monkeys or Wheels on the Bus and you’ll see a boost in motor skills as well.

Remember “This little piggie went to market” with the toes on your feet or the fingers on your hand? That’s another good one to add movements to–it’s great for a child’s cognitive development.

Or have the child sit on your lap and sing “The Noble Duke of York” while you bounce your legs and raise and lower your knees.

Sing “London Bridge is falling down,” while you hold your hands up to form a bridge with a partner and someone runs underneath.

So what’s not to love!?

But aren’t nursery rhymes weird and outdated?

Some of them are, no doubt.

My recommendation is to skip the duds with stereotypes or violence — and keep the gems. Because there are so many gems!

Here are popular nursery rhyme books that I think you’ll want to keep in rotation with your baby, toddler, and preschooler.

Board Books & Picture Books

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Indestructibles) by Maddie Frost
Indestructibles are chew-proof, rip-proof, and nontoxic books for babies and toddlers. In this sweet book, you’ll read the classic nursery rhyme about the itsy bitsy spider and watch a rainy day turn into a sunny day.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet Books
Kids LOVE these puppet board books –and this is a darling spider who gets to interact with your readers as you read the nursery rhyme.

Old MacDonald Poke-a-Dot Board Book (Melissa & Doug)
Read and sing along with this fantastic interactive book in which little fingers get to click and pop the buttons on each page.

Ditty Bird Children’s Songs
Read and sing along with the songs accompanied by the super cute child singing music for: The Wheels on the Bus, Five Little Monkeys jumping on the Bed, If You’re Happy and You Know It, B-I-N-G-O, Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, and Five Little Ducks. Very exuberant!

Five Little Ducks by Raffi, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
Five little ducks when out one day. Mother Duck calls them back with a quack quack quack. But only four come back, then three, two, one, and none. In the spring, they come back with their own families. A darling counting book that you can also sing along to.

The Ants Go Marching by Dan Crisp
Repetition, rhyme, and counting make this darling book the classic that it is but in this story, watch Little Ant get distracted and peek through the die-cut holes.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Indestructibles) by Maddie Frost
An adorable mouse watches the sky and imagines all sorts of things before going to sleep.

Little Elephants / Elefantitos by Susie Jaramillo
Sing along with the classic Latine Los Elefantes nursery rhyme song in English or Spanish as you watch the elephants balancing on the spider’s web. Lift the flaps on the English number to read the number in Spanish.

The Cow Tripped Over the Moon A Nursery Rhyme Emergency by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Joel Stewart
The cow fell, the Rock-a-Bye Baby did, too. Someone fell off a wall and a weasel goes pop. The Nursery Rhyme ambulance helps Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon, the Baby in “Rock-a-bye Baby”, Humpty Dumpty, and more in this clever rhyming story.

Just Itzy by Lana Krumwiede, illustrated by Greg  Pizzoli
I LOVE this book! Itzy combines all the spider stories/songs into one funny story about Itzy going to kindergarten. First, he chases a fly and accidentally scares a little girl eating curds and whey on a tuffet only to get swallowed by an old lady (who also swallowed a lot of other crazy things!) When he’s coughed back up, he tries to build a web. As he does, it starts raining and he struggles to keep going up the yes, you guessed it, the waterspout. Hilarious, right?!

Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein
Little red chicken loves when his dad reads aloud to him–and he loves to modify the stories, too. This morning, he really wants cookies so he helps his dad read the nursery rhymes adding new rhymes with cookies in them. For example, “Hickory, Dickory, Dock,” reads the dad. Then little red chicken jumps into the story and adds, “I sure like cookies a lot!” Eventually, Papa suggests that instead of cookies for breakfast, they have cake…a pancake. Entertaining, funny, and playful.

The Wheels on the Bus by May Nakamura (CoComelon)
JJ is on a field trip and on the bus during which he and his classmates get to sing a song. The bus ride story of rain, sunshine, and questions about their arrival is juxtaposed with the lyrics to the song. These characters are from the popular tv show Cocmelon on YouTube and Netflix.

Humpty Dumpty by Charles Reasoner
A fun retelling of this familiar Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.

Miss Muffet Or What Came After by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by David Litchfield
We loved this quirky, hilarious Little Miss Muffet book that goes into DETAIL like you wouldn’t believe about Miss Patience Muffet whose dad is obsessed with bugs and even owns a talking spider. Although her mother disapproves, Patience just wants to play the violin. So, she runs away and has quite an exciting adventure with Bo-Peep, robbers, and the talking spider.

Three Little Kittens by Barbar McClintock
You’re going to love this playful update on an old nursery rhyme with kittens who are silly, kind, and problem solvers. First, the kittens lose their mittens, and their dialogue with each other and their mom here and throughout the story is the best part of the story. They find their mittens to they do get to eat pie. But there’s more including hot pie, messy mittens, clean up, and feeding a mouse friend. A cheerful story not to be missed!

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Amy Pixton, illustrated by Jonas Sickler
Mary had a little lamb in Africa with gorgeous illustrations!

Little Bo Peep and Her Bad, Bad Sheep a Mother Goose Hullabaloo by A.L. Wegwerth & Luke Flowers
Nursery rhymes pay little attention as Little Bo Peep tries to find her ba ba black sheep but in this case bad sheep — pigs are off to market, the spider is trying to swallow a fly, and so much craziness is happening that your kids will love looking at all the nursery rhyming details of each illustration. I totally adore this book.

The Real Dada Mother Goose A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Julia Rothman
I love this book — but it’s not for your preschoolers, it’s for readers who will get the humor of the wordplay and writing. Scieszka’s changed the familiar nursery rhymes in hilarious, smart ways — fill-in-the-blanks, recipes, anagrams, new verbs, new nouns, scientific approach, pig Latin, and more.

Jack and Jill illustrated by Charles Reasoner and Marina Le Ray
Cute illustrations show the nursery rhyme characters acting out the story with simple dialogue bubbles added in for extra fun. Part of the Charles Reasoner collection.

This Little Piggy by Vanja Kragulj
I love the illustrations because in this inclusive Little Piggy story, it shows a pig family getting ready for a meal and I like that the little one is riding on the back of mommy pig’s bicycle and saying “wee wee wee” in delight to get home for a meal together at the table.

Hickory Dickory Dock illustrated by Charles Reasoner and Marina Le Ray
Mice running up the clock? That’s this simple nursery rhyme story, perfect for very young readers. Part of the Charles Reasoner collection.

Old MacDonald’s Things That Go by Jane Clarke, illustrated by Migy Blanco
In this Old MacDonald version, the farmer loves things that go. “And on that farm, he had a truck. He loved things that go! With a vroom-vroom here and a vroom-vroom there. Here a vroom, there a vroom, everywhere a vroom-vroom.”

Old McDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz, illustrated by Eda Kaban
Calling all truck fans — this is the book for you! Because Old McDonald has a lot of trucks — a bulldozer, front loader, motor grader, dump truck, and more. E-I-E-I-O! This is not just a favorite for age 2 readers but also a family favorite sing-along picture book.

Nursery Rhyme Collections

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes collected by Elizabeth Hammill, illustrated by more than 70 celebrated artists

This book is a bit cumbersome for especially small children. Mine (who are not small) both weren’t interested in such a big book. However, it is beautifully illustrated and probably one of the most thorough collections of nursery rhymes I’ve seen with a lot of rhymes I’d never heard of before.

 
A Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes by Matthew Reinhart
Add three dimensions to your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes with fun pop-ups!

Nursery Rhyme Comics
Featuring fifty classic nursery rhymes illustrated and interpreted in comics by fifty of today’s preeminent cartoonists and illustrators, this is a groundbreaking new entry in the canon of nursery rhymes treasuries.

The Classic Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Gina Baek
Illustrator Gina Baek depicts the classic nursery rhymes in her capitating, rich style from Little Bo-Peep to Three Blind Mice and Hot Cross Buns.

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Children's poems by modern unknown authors

A selection of wonderful poems for children, big and small! New funny and beautiful poems about childhood and for children from modern authors.

Vladimir Shebzukhov "Two readers" read by the author Vladimir Shebzukhov

And old fairy tales teach us Elena Potapova

Artist of the unsteady world Elena Potapova

Briefly about the main Vladimir Rybakov

Drink, children, milk! Natalia Lyubina

Puppies Natalia Lyubina

Sometimes thoughts come to mind. .. Artur Garipov

First grade bear cub Lidia Ivannikova

Nonsense Natalya Lyubina

cloud elephant day inna dunaeva

V. Shebzukhov "Alina" is read by Sasha Spiridonova Vladimir Shebzukhov

Spring is coming... Natalya Lyubina

V. Shebzukhov "Apple for Mom" ​​read by Irina Denisova Vladimir Shebzukhov

Holiday Natalia Lyubina

Friends Vakhrusheva Nelly

Vladimir Shebzukhov Fable "The Wolf and the Fox" Reads: Angelica Ogirya Vladimir Shebzukhov

V. Shebzukhov "Getting to the bottom of the truth" is read by Masha Dzhabbarova Vladimir Shebzukhov

V. Shebzukhov "Owl, Fox and Hedgehog" animation studio Live picture Vladimir Shebzukhov

lullaby Vladimir Shilin

Pig Penguin Ramil Rashitovich Daminov

Sweet Tale Alexey Borychev

Bear cub and his friends Lidia Ivannikova

Kitten Ramil Rashitovich Daminov

daughter, good night Alexander Levashov

Nanny Gorilla Lidia Ivannikova

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Mikhail Yasnov "Ras-very-red"

A small collection for a baby

Well, a swing!
Here is the swing!
straight to heaven
They flew!
I would
They would have
Would soar,
Like a bird!
I'm not afraid -
Yes, the tummy is afraid!

Small collections in the series "A Reader Is Born" - for the very, very young. When is a reader born? When a person is born,” the poet and head of the publishing house, Anastasia Orlova, is sure. The name and work of Mikhail Yasnov is well known to more than one generation of readers (and not only children's poetry). The book "Ras-beautifully red" contains several texts for kids, play and everyday: here we are on a swing, here we are in the rain, here I am in my mother's arms. Unconditional genius Yasnov - even in such simple short texts he manages to be recognizable and bright. “I'm not afraid, but the tummy is afraid”, “Lamb - OVECHKIN. And I am a HUMAN”, - the unique accuracy and humor of the poet who created Mammoth and Papont.

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Daria Gerasimova "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - I'm going to count the animals!"

Count all the heroes of the poems and find them in the pictures

Seventeen
penguins
Glide
among the ice.
Not cold to swim,
When you -
penguin!

Daria Gerasimova is a poet and artist. The instantly recognizable style of illustrations for poems is bright, in a good sense of the word, colorful, a little folklore. And poems - about numerals, help in memorizing numbers and at the same time - a game. Try to count if forty in the picture of turtles are exactly (and find those eight that have salad for lunch). Find the most prickly among a hundred microbes... The book of poems is at the same time the author's Wimmelbuch, which can be looked at for more than one hour.

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Masha Rupasova “Excuse me, is porridge at home?”

New nursery rhymes and lullabies about cats

I'm dragging
Big stick,
I found her
In winter!
Throw stick
Very sorry:
I carry her
Home!
Mom is happy,
Dad -
Rad:
Houses of sticks - a whole warehouse!

The first collection of poems for children by Masha Rupasova was published only five years ago, but many children and parents immediately fell in love with her poems. “Sorry, porridge at home” is a collection of poems for the smallest, very simple texts, similar to traditional nursery rhymes. “... We are sitting on a bench, looking at our flowers ... We are admiring the flowers and eating pancakes!” - texts about walks, daily rituals of the baby, such as dinner and meeting dad, and sing-song poems about cats-cats.

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Anastasia Orlova “Colored thoughts in my head”

Big love for kids

…I rock my mom,
And I'm so pleased,
What's in a girl mom
Came back.

Anastasia Orlova's poems are understandable to kids, but mothers will also like them - there is a lot of tenderness and almost religious admiration for children, the world of childhood and a wonderful moment in them. So much inspiration and love in simple stories like boating or watching an ant on a leaf. I want to stop and take a closer look, look around through the eyes of a poet… Or a child?

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Natalia Volkova "Castles in the Air"

Subtle humor and attention to words

In those castles are airy
There are galleries,
In them instead of canvases -
Kites.
And if you hit
In these castles you need,
That can be...
But only on the ball
Air.

Natalia Volkova is very attentive to her words. Often it is they who become the center of the poem, the writer does not even play with words, she admires them. The heroes of the poems are a “biting” scarf, summer going on vacation, a concrete mixer (“interfering is just such a job”). An amazing ability to combine humor, a play on words - and gentle poignant lyrics in the text.

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Lyrical and funny stories about spoons, an old bucket and an obstinate jar of jam

Fine-fine, fine-thin
The salt shaker salted the world.
White plume descending from heaven,
Swept hills and forest,
The town has been powdered,
I sewed caps for pipes,
Scattered on the porch
Snow-white pollen...
Salted the whole world -
And she returned to our buffet.

The heroes of Elena Feldman's poems are household utensils, dishes, a vacuum cleaner, a refrigerator, and even an important jar of jam. In simple, child-friendly texts, the author managed not only to give each character a character (for example, my favorite is a frying pan yearning for camping youth), but also to convey the general atmosphere of comfort and love in the house where storytelling things live. The stories of dishes and things are different, sometimes unexpected even for an adult. "Where does the ladder go," but really, where? Or - does the refrigerator miss the North? And why did the grandmother put on “two cotton, oh, plate, large mittens”? How many interesting things!

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Masha Lukashkina Pirate and Elephant. Book-game»

A garden on the deck and an elephant in the hold!

Once upon a time there was a pirate in the world,
One-legged and one-eyed,
Look at the picture, children,
How does he not scare you?

Adventure "saga" about how a pirate got an elephant. Unfortunately, not so many long plot poems are being written now, and the more valuable is the story about the adventures of an elephant, a mouse that scared the elephant, and a company of pirate brothers. The book was designed by artist Nikolai Vorontsov, it has many windows, tasks, and on the last page there is even a doll of the pirate Paul, which you can cut out and play with.

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vPAPElsin, poemsRaven and the fate of the untied shoelace ...

What is amazing -
physics
Tuzika
us
obliges
scratch him
tum.

Aleksey Zaitsev's poems are similar to a Rubik's Cube, on the one hand, they are playful, lively, funny and rather short (easy to read aloud and memorize for young schoolchildren). On the other hand, one can feel how accurate each sound in the game is, how important it is that dad can turn an orange into PAPELsin and it is in “oh-oh-yed” that iodine needs to be renamed.

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