Best Selling Books by Peter OPIE

Traces the histories of singing games such as ring a ring o'' roses, oranges and lemons and others, and is an exposition both of the workings of folklore, and of the perennial ways of young children when left to play on their own. Each of the 150 games is described in historical detail.

Contains the earliest published text of these tales.

Presents reproductions of a variety of early 19th-century children''s books including rhymed alphabets, nursery rhymes, a pictorial grammar, limericks, and nonsense rhymes.

800 rhymes. 600 illustrations.

Discusses British children''s books in the Opie collection