Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme
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Book Description
Was Little Jack Horner a squatter? Baa Baa Black Sheep a bleat about taxation? What did Jack and Jill really do on that hill? Chris Roberts reveals the seamy and quirky stories behind our favorite nursery rhymes.
Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seemthere is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victori... More
Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seemthere is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victori... More
Book Information
Publisher | Granta Books |
Binding | Paperback (9 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 192 |
ISBN-10 | 1862077924 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1862077928 |
Publication Date | 09/05/2005 |
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