''Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes'' is a children's book written and illustrated by

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was ...

, and published by

Frederick Warne & Co Frederick Warne & Co. is a British publisher founded in 1865. It is known for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter, and for its Observer's Books. Warne is an imprint of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media cong ...

. in December 1922. The book is a compilation of traditional English nursery rhymes such as "

Goosey Goosey Gander "Goosey Goosey Gander" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6488. Lyrics The most common modern version of the lyrics is: Goosey goosey gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs And in my l ...

", "

This Little Piggy "This Little Piggy" or "This Little Pig" is an English-language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297. Lyrics One popular version is: Fingerplay The rhyme is usually counted out on an infant or ...

" and "

Three Blind Mice "Three Blind Mice" is an English-language nursery rhyme and musical round.I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 306. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number o ...

". It was Potter's second book of rhymes published by Warne. Merchandise generated from the tale includes

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porcelain figurines and Schmid music boxes.

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