A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

Macmillan Children’s Books has signed a new poetry anthology from Allie Esiri, A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year. Gaby Morgan, associate publisher, acquired world English Language ...

More specifically, many sources tie the nursery rhyme to the alleged destruction of London Bridge at the hands of Olaf II of Norway some time in the early 1000s. (“Alleged” because some ...

Most nursery rhymes are “by Anonymous” in this second sense ... but it at least gives us a starting point to measure the changes wrought by campfire renditions, prissy anthology editors, and ...

Some of the possible interpretations for these tales go back to real-life historical figures—and others are a little dark. You’ve probably grown up your entire life without putting much ...

How many nursery rhymes do you know by heart? Chances are the lyrics of at least one is etched into your memory… probably more if you’ve been to a baby class recently! Some of our favourite ...