CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia State University (VSU) professor’s new book, “Nursery Rhymes in Black,” has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The University of Alaska Press nominated ...

Nursery rhymes have been around for a long time and are still loved by kids and parents today. These short, fun poems are easy to remember and often come with catchy tunes or hand movements. They help ...

Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

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Nursery rhymes are short poems or songs enjoyed by young children around the world. Kids often sing them with claps, movements, or actions, making them even more fun. They are written in easy language ...

It comes after a theatre production of the kids’ classic Three Little Pigs was slammed for slapping on a trigger warning NURSERY rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock has been given a trigger warning after ...

The film "Jack and Jill" by John Wolfe & Co Productions uses the beloved nursery rhyme characters to convey an educational message about safety. It contrasts Jack, a careful worker at a telephone ...

A familiar nursery rhyme has had an update, putting the focus on the difficulties the farming community currently faces. Titled “E-I-E-I-Woe”, the song is a “protest” version of “Old Macdonald”, ...

Apparently, this baker made a killing — and now, it’s killing sweet childhood memories. Sinister rumors about the beloved cheery nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man” are being whisked around on social media ...

The popular nursery rhyme may have emerged in the 14th century—and it didn’t have anything to do with bathing. That said, the lyrics of “Rub-a-Dub-Dub” refer to a decidedly adult situation. Oral ...

Jack Sprat first appears in print around 1569—it cropped up twice in an anonymously published morality play titled The Marriage of Wit and Science: “Heard you ever such a counsel of such a Jack sprat?