title: Mother Goose: A Collection of Nursery Rhymes
author: Brian Wildsmith
description: A sprightly collection of 87 famous rhymes, with pictures by the British artist. Ages 3-up. <BR>Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Mother Goose in Prose
  
  
  Introduction.
  
  Sing a Song o' Sixpence
  
  The Story of Little Boy Blue
  
  The Cat and the Fiddle
  
  The Black Sheep
  
  Old King Cole
  
  Mistress Mary
  
  The Wond'rous Wise Man
  
  What Jack Horner Did
  
  The Man in the Moon
  
  [The Jolly Miller](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos138513)
  
  [The Little Man and His Little
  Gun](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos152149)
  
  [Hickory, Dickory,
  Dock](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos162940)
  
  [Little Bo-Peep](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos173003)
  
  [The Story of Tommy
  Tucker](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos187278)
  
  [Pussy-cat Mew](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos201177)
  
  [How the Beggars Came to
  Town](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos211590)
  
  [Tom, the Piper's
  Son](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_split_001.html#filepos234245)
  
  [Humpty Dumpty](Mother%20Goose%20in%20Prose_s