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The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
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The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes Hardcover - 1997

by Iona And Peter Opie [Editor]

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  • very good
  • Hardcover

A brand new edition of "the" classic anthology of nursery rhymes, "The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes" includes over 500 rhymes, songs, nonsense jingles, and lullabies traditionally handed down to young children. With each piece Iona and Peter Opie introduce a wealth of information, noting its earliest known publication, origin, and illustrating changes in wording over the years. 85 illustrations.

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Oxford University Press, 1997-03-19. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders
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  • Title The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
  • Author Iona And Peter Opie [Editor]
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2 Sub
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Date 1997-03-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 89540
  • ISBN 9780198600886 / 0198600887
  • Weight 1.86 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.85 x 5.8 x 1.54 in (22.48 x 14.73 x 3.91 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 1350
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98140995
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.8

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Citations

  • ALA Ref Srces for Small/Med Li, 01/01/2000, Page 259
  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/1999, Page 418

About the author

Iona Opie is a leading authority on children's lore and literature. With her late husband, Peter Opie, she wrote the pioneering study of children's culture, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. The Opies have also edited The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, and The Classic Fairy Tales.

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