A selection of books given rhythm with rhyme, whether ridiculous, revolting or profound, selected by children’s author Vicky Cowie. My earliest favourite rhyming book, about a little boy and his dog ...

Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!” It’s a classic nursery rhyme that children often sing on the playground while spinning around. “Ring Around the Rosie,” or “Ring a Ring o’ Roses,” as ...

There were always four or five nursery rhyme books at home — ours or the library’s. The children knew that the same words could be illustrated by different pictures. Much older, almost 5 ...

Released last August, it is one of the first children’s books to teach Cantonese nursery rhymes with Jyutping, a romanisation system that helps people learn Cantonese tones and pronunciation.