Nursery Rhymes, Picture Books & Verse

Mother Goose and Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway, Walter Crane and Christina Rossetti’s Sing-Song — the first books of childhood.

• The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes Walter Jerrold
• Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales James Orchard Halliwell
• Child-Land Oscar Pletsch
• Nonsense Songs Edward Lear
• The Baby’s Own Aesop Walter Crane
• Come Hither Walter de la Mare
• Songs of Childhood Walter de la Mare
• Sing-Song Christina Rossetti
• Laughable Lyrics Edward Lear
• More Nonsense Edward Lear
• Children’s Rhymes, Games, Songs and Stories Robert Ford
• Under the Window Kate Greenaway
• Poems by a Little Girl Hilda Conkling
• Divine Songs Isaac Watts
• Songs from Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
• Verses for Children and Songs for Music Juliana Horatia Ewing
• Golden Numbers Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Poems of Childhood Eugene Field
• The Blue Poetry Book Andrew Lang
• More Goops and How Not to Be Them Gelett Burgess
• The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses Edward Lear
• Rainbow Gold Sara Teasdale
• The Little Mother Goose Anonymous
• The Complete Collection of Pictures and Songs Randolph Caldecott
• More About Teddy B. and Teddy G., the Roosevelt Bears Seymour Eaton
• A Book for Kids C. J. Dennis
• The Doers William John Hopkins
• The New McGuffey First Reader William Holmes McGuffey
• Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes Isaac Taylor Headland
• Baby Chatterbox Anonymous
• The Infant’s Delight: Poetry Anonymous
• Hymns, Songs, and Fables for Young People Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
• A Story Garden for Little Children Maud Lindsay
• The Book of Joyous Children James Whitcomb Riley
• The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Kenneth Grahame
• Sugar and Spice James Johnson
• Story-Telling Ballads Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Cousin Hatty’s Hymns and Twilight Stories Anonymous
• Mother Goose Eulalie Osgood Grover
• The Pearl Box Anonymous
• The Children’s Own Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Lullaby-Land Eugene Field
• Fables of John Gay, Somewhat Altered John Gay
• Love-Songs of Childhood Eugene Field
• Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Howard R. Garis
• Child Whispers Enid Blyton
• Lilliput Lyrics W. B. Rands
• Once Upon a Time and Other Child-Verses Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
• Poetry for Children Charles and Mary Lamb
• Buttercup Gold and Other Stories Ellen Robena Field
• The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes Leroy F. Jackson
• Bed-Time Stories Anonymous
• Fun and Frolic E. T. Roe
• Peacock Pie Walter de la Mare
• The April Baby’s Book of Tunes Elizabeth von Arnim
• Uncle Wiggily’s Fishing Trip Howard R. Garis
• The Youth’s Coronal Hannah Flagg Gould
• Aunt Friendly’s Picture Book Sarah S. Baker
• Monkey Jack and Other Stories Palmer Cox
• The Brownies: Their Book Palmer Cox
• Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals William Hayley
• Five Minute Stories Laura E. Richards
• The Little White Gate Florence Hoatson
• Down-Adown-Derry Walter de la Mare
• Gems Gathered in Haste Anonymous
• A Child-World James Whitcomb Riley
• The Pearl Story Book Mrs. Colman
• In My Nursery Laura E. Richards
• Riley Child-Rhymes James Whitcomb Riley
• Three Minute Stories Laura E. Richards
• The Jingle Book Carolyn Wells
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems Robert Browning
• London Town Felix Leigh
• The Parables of the Saviour Anonymous
• Rhymes Old and New M. E. S. Wright
• Bertha’s Christmas Vision Horatio Alger
• Uncle Wiggily on the Farm Howard R. Garis
• Rhymes and Jingles Mary Mapes Dodge
• The Adventures of Uncle Wiggily Howard R. Garis
• My Pretty Scrap-Book Mrs. George Cupples
• Animal Children Edith Brown Kirkwood
• Little Mother Goose Anonymous
• Little Songs of Long Ago Alfred Moffat
• The Flood Anonymous
• The Girl’s Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories Francis L. Hawks
• Uncle Wiggily’s Silk Hat Howard R. Garis
• Wee Babies Amy Ella Blanchard
• The Story of Mrs. Tubbs Hugh Lofting
• The Daisy Elizabeth Turner
• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children Florence B. Hyett
• Pinafore Palace Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
• Mother Earth’s Children Elizabeth Gordon
• Buzz a Buzz Wilhelm Busch
• The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith E. Boyd Smith
• The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Anonymous
• Wee Wee Songs for Our Little Pets Leila Lee