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A Apple-Pie and Other Nursery Tales
A Apple-Pie and Other Nursery Tales (ca. 1870s) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read a digitized version of A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales. It was a lovely little story book, undated, probably from the 1870s. This book was originally published by George Routledge and Sons. It has 48 beautiful illustrations. (1) I recommend looking at them…
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Mother Hubbard’s House Party Chapter III
Chapter III Choosing the Christmas Tree Wednesday morning dawned bright and sparkling. During the night, drifts of white snow had piled high against the house and barn. “We will have to wear leggings and overshoes when we go out today,” said Mother Hubbard to the boys and girls after breakfast, “for we are going to…
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Mother Hubbard’s House Party – A Beginner’s Guide to Mother Goose
I thought it would be fitting to talk about the characters who will be mentioned in our upcoming six day series that goes through the day after Christmas. This will be a delightful story called Mother Hubbard’s House Party, where Old Mother Hubbard invites ten children–all nursery rhyme characters–to visit for Christmas week. You may…
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Antique Children’s Books Part 3: Mother Hubbard’s House Party
There is a book that I have in my collection from 1917 called Twilight Tales for Little Folk. It’s such a sweet book! The illustration on the cover has Jack Horner sitting in a corner eating pie. He has a plum on his thumb and looks so very happy! Perhaps he is so happy because…
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Joyous Times Day 18 : Three Nursery Rhymes
Because these two pages are in a different format, it is certain that the following nursery rhymes are not from our book Joyous Times. Nevertheless, I will reproduce them here. I don’t think I’ve heard the full version of the first one, and I definitely have never heard the second one. The third is one I…