Jane Cobb. Black Sheep Press (www.blacksheeppress.com), $39.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-9698666-1-9 Children's librarian Cobb (I'm a Little Teapot! Presenting Preschool Storytime) presents rhymes ...

They seem innocent enough, but Jack and Jill may have become amorous as they climbed that hill for a pail of water. And instead of a water bird, “Goosey, goosey gander” may refer to a woman of ill ...

What's your first memory of being told a story? Chances are it was listening your parents or another adult read to you at bedtime. The way most people first experience fairytales and nursery rhymes is ...

It's a lucky babe who is sung to sleep with a nursery rhyme, soothing and rhythmic, just like a mother's heartbeat. And the rhymes date back centuries. Still, "for all their popularity, most of us don ...

What’s the deal with scary and/or kid inappropriate stories, songs and nursery rhymes? To use a common example, Hansel and Gretel. This fairy tale is presented as a children’s bedtime story and it ...

The lyric itself feels plush, cozy, like a big hug with an even bigger pillow. But often these nursery rhymes have much deeper meanings than on their face. Is “Mary Had a Little Lamb” one more such ...