英文兒童文學 week 8－kiwiguo的部落格

1. Lowly Worm is a fictional character created by Richard Scarry; he frequently appears in children's books by Scarry, and is a main character in the animated series The Busy World of Richard Scarry and Busytown Mysteries. In The Busy World of Richard Scarry he is voiced by Keith Knight.

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Themes: friendship, lost/found, dream/adventure, magic/spell

2. Nursery Rhyme: is a poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries. For example, Mother Goose is a collection of nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

(1) Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater is an English language nursery rhyme . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497.

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

Had a wife but couldn't keep her;

He put her in a pumpkin shell

And there he kept her very well.

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

Had another and didn't love her;

Peter learned to read and spell,

And then he loved her very well.

(2) "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an English language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin.It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7622.

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear.

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry.
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."
The teacher did reply.

(3) "Peter Piper" is an English-language nursery rhyme and well-known tongue-twister .It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19745.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

(4) "Jack and Jill" is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The rhyme dates back at least to the 18th century and exists with different numbers of verses each with a number of variations.

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

(5) "There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme , with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on attempts to match the old woman with historical female figures who have had large families, although King George II (1683–1760) has also been proposed as the rhyme's subject.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

(6) "Little Miss Muffet" is a nursery rhyme, one of the most commonly printed in the mid-twentieth century.It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605.

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey ;

Along came a spider

Who sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

(7) "Little Bo Peep" or "Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme .It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487.

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,

and doesn't know where to find them;

leave them alone, And they'll come home,

wagging their tails behind them.

(8) "Georgie Porgie" is a popular English language nursery rhyme.It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19532.

Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie,

Kissed the girls and made them cry,

When the boys came out to play,

Georgie Porgie ran away.

(9) "Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller.

Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toon,

Up stairs an' doon stairs in his nicht-gown,

Tirlin' at the window, crying at the lock,

"Are the weans in their bed, for it's now ten o'clock?"

"Hey, Willie Winkie, are ye comin' ben?

The cat's singin grey thrums to the sleepin hen,

The dog's speldert on the floor and disna gie a cheep,

But here's a waukrife laddie, that wunna fa' asleep."

Onything but sleep, you rogue, glow'ring like the moon,

Rattlin' in an airn jug wi' an airn spoon,

Rumblin', tumblin' roon about, crawin' like a cock,

Skirlin like a kenna-what, waukenin' sleepin' fock.

"Hey Willie Winkie, the wean's in a creel,

Wamblin' aff a bodie's knee like a verra eel,

Ruggin' at the cat's lug and raveling a' her thrums-

Hey Willie Winkie – see there he comes."

Wearit is the mither that has a stoorie wean,

A wee, stumpie, stousie, that canna rin his lane,

That has a battle aye wi' sleep afore he'll close an e'e-

But a kiss frae aff his rosy lips gies strength anew to me.

(10) Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. Though not explicitly described so, he is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott 's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs.