''Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes'' is a children's book written and illustrated by
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...
, 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 Random House Children's Books and Penguin Random House, ...
. in December 1922. The book is a compilation of traditional English
nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.
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s such as "
Goosey Goosey Gander", "
This Little Piggy
"This Little Pig Went to Market" (often shortened to "This Little Piggy") is an English-language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297.
Lyrics
The rhyme is usually counted out on an infant or toddler's ...
" and "
Three Blind Mice
"Three Blind Mice" is an English 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 of 3753.
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". The title character is a rabbit who brews ale for gentlemen.
It was Potter's second book of rhymes published by Warne, with the first one being ''
Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes''. Merchandise generated from the book includes
Beswick Pottery porcelain figurines and Schmid music boxes.
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{{Beatrix Potter
1922 children's books
British children's books
British picture books
Collections of nursery rhymes
Children's books about geese
Children's books about mice and rats
Children's books about pigs
Children's books about rabbits and hares
Frederick Warne & Co books
Picture books by Beatrix Potter