CoComelon is giving some of its best-known nursery rhymes a quieter makeover with a new 30-track album designed for bedtime.

Selected by Mark Macleod, read by Louie Lee Feltrin and Andrea Lees. Bolinda Audio, unabridged, one CD, ½ hr., $14.95 ISBN 978-1-74311-459-9 Macleod assembles a classic collection of 36 nursery rhymes ...

The popular nursery rhyme, “Skinnamarink” or “Skidamarink,” is known by a few different names, but has touched the hearts of many. The tune dates back to the early 20th century when it debuted in a ...

It would seem logical to begin an essay on nursery rhymes with childhood. But I want to begin instead with old age—or, to be more precise, the link between childhood and old age. My wife’s grandmother ...

Known as “Hey Diddle Diddle,” “The Cat and the Fiddle” or “The Cow Jumped Over the Moon,” the rhyme may date back hundreds of years. Some believe it goes back to the 16th century, or even further.

“Do you know the muffin man?” Chances are you’re familiar with the nursery rhyme this line kicks off, but you might not be as clued up on its history. As with many sweet-sounding rhymes, there are ...