Do you remember Mother Goose? Are you familiar with the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Pretty Bird?” What about “The Cuckoo”?

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Selections from three earlier books unite in The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Collection by Oxenbury. With poems, nursery rhymes and stories from Tiny Tim-Verses for Children; Cakes and Custard: The Helen ...

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A record number of people took part in a New Year's Day walk around Colchester organised by High Steward Sir Bob Russell.

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A teacher shared the actual meaning behind the popular nursery rhyme, "It's Raining, It's Pouring," explaining that it ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

Cabaret star Maude Maggart thrilled with a beautiful, if short, annual New York appearance at a sold-out Birdland Jazz on ...