A modern parents' guide to nursery rhymes : because it's two o'clock in the morning and you can't remember "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" : over 70 classic rhymes

**Because it’s two o'clock in the morning and you can’t remember “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”** Once upon a time, every parent knew Little Jack Horner, Wee Willie Winkie, and Little Miss Muffet. Now you will, too, with this crash course on timeless pleasures of Mother Goose and beyond. It features more than 70 poems, lullabies, rounds, and riddles, from classics like “Hey Diddle Diddle,” to newer songs like “The Wheels on the Bus,” too wonderful non-English versus including “Pío, Pío, Pío,” the sweet yet dramatic Chilean ditty about chickens. Plus, exactly how to perform the intricate finger ballet known as “Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Includes downloadable recordings. Cover Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Contents If You’re Clueless and You Know It, Clap Your Hands How to Enjoy This Book With Your Child A Few Little Ditties for You and the Kiddies: The Rhymes, Verses, and Songs ABC (The Alphabet Song) Alice the Camel Alouette As I was Going to St. Ives A Tisket, A Tasket Banbury Cross Clean Up, Clean Up De Colores Down By the Station Duérmete Mi Niño El Coquí Fais Dodo Frère Jacques Georgie Porgie Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Hey Diddle Diddle Hickory Dickory Dock Humpty Dumpty If All the Raindrops Were Lemon Drops If You’re Happy and You Know It Itsy Bitsy Spider Jack and Jill Jack Be Nimble Lavender’s Blue Les Petites Marionettes Little Bo Peep Little Boy Blue Little Jack Horner Little Miss Muffet London Bridge Lullaby and Good Night Mary Had a Little Lamb Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Oh Mr. Sun Old King Cole Old MacDonald Old Mother Hubbard One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Open, Shut Them Patty Cake Pease Porridge Hot Peter Piper Pío, Pío, Pío Pop Goes the Weasel Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been Ring Around the Rosie Rock-A-Bye Baby Row, Row, Row Your Boat Rub-A-Dub-Dub Shoo Fly Sing a Song of Sixpence Skip to My Loo Slowly, Slowly Creeps the Garden Snail Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear The Green Grass Grows All Around The Noble Duke of York The Queen of Hearts The Wheels on the Bus This is the Church, This is the Steeple This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes This Little Piggie This Old Man Three Blind Mice Three Little Kittens To Market, To Market, To Buy a Fat Pig Trot, Trot To Boston Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Un Elefante Wee Willie Winkie Where Is Thumbkin? The Songs The Art Acknowledgments "It's two o'clock in the morning and you're going to hum your baby back to sleep with . . . "The Simpsons" theme song? Help is here: A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes is the crash course for every new mom or dad who wants to give their child the simple pleasures of traditional nursery rhymes but can't remember a single one past the first line. With its hip approach, witty headnotes, smart packaging, and link to an album of downloadable music, A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes (previously published as Humpty Who?) is the ultimate curated collection of 75 classic poems, songs, lullabies, rounds, and riddles. Once upon a time every parent knew all about "Little Jack Horner" and "Oh Mr. Sun," "Little Miss Muffet" and the "Three Blind Mice," "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Shoo Fly." And now you will, too. Plus, readers will learn the intricate finger ballet called "Itsy Bitsy Spider," how to play the game of finding Thumbkin or act out "I'm a Little Teapot" or get their child rocking giddily to "Banbury Cross." In addition, there are explanations for curious children (and grown-ups)-for example, what exactly a "tuffet" is, how to make "pease porridge," what else on the bus goes around in addition to the wheels. Suggestions for reciting poetry of the greats-Shakespeare, Blake, Emily Dickinson; tips on how to improvise; and the secret to an "Om" that just might abate the next munchkin meltdown. The downloadable album features the rocking "Hell's Kitchen Moms and Babes Ensemble," and is both great to play for baby and a fun way for parents to learn the music that goes along with many of the rhymes"-- Provided by publisher