A playful look at classic nursery rhymes
A playful look at classic nursery rhymes
Words & Stories is a book that contains a collection of timeless nursery rhymes that have been loved by children for decades and passed down through generations as a cultural tradition. Using only expressive typography interpretations and simple shapes and elements, these stories have been reimagined with a playful new vision. By April Mattox
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Pop Goes The Weasel
7
Three Blind Mice
2
Humpty Dumpty
8
Jack and Jill
3
I`m a Little Teapot
9
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
4
Hey Diddle Diddle
10
London Bridge is Falling Down
5
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
11
Itsy Bitsy Spider
6
Row Row Row Your Boat
12
Ring Around The Rosie
ou
nd
R
and
R
o
u n d the cobbler’s bench. The monkey chased the weasel
The monkey thought it was all in fun
A penny for a spool of thread, a penny for a needle
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That’s the way the money goes
P P
goes the weasel.
Every night when I get home, the monkey’s on the table The monkey’s on the table, take a stick and knock it off
POP
!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great
2
All the king’s horses and all the King’s men
Could not put Humpty together again.
h
I’m a little teapot s
ort and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed
3
er
Jus
ov
I can turn my handle into a spout
t
tip me
and pour me out! Here’s an example of what I can do I’m a special teapot. Yes, it’s true
ver
Jus
p me
o
t
ti
and pour me out!
up hear me
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow
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The little dog laughed to see such fun, and the dish ran away with the spoon!
ov
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped
er the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun, and the dish ran away with the spoon!
o
ver the moon
E-I-E-I-O E-I-E-I-O
Old McDonald had a farm, And on his farm he had a cow,
With a “moo-moo” here and a “moo-moo” there, here a “moo” there a “moo”
Everywhere a “moo-moo”
5
Old McDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O E-I-E-I-O Old McDonald had a farm,
R
o w r , , r w ow o
yo u
Gently down the stream .
6
rb o at
,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
- life is but a dream
3
Blind mice, three blind mice, see how they run, see how they run!
7
They all
3
ran
after the farmer’s wife,
3
Did you ever see such a thing in your life, as
who cut off their tails with a carving knife
blind mice
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an Ji ll tu
en
w p th e ll,
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to
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a
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pa
of w at e
r
tr ot , id ed ho m an d go t, Ja
ck
l
came
up
d
Jil
t
as
he cou ld ca p
er
, he went to bed to m en
wit
d
his
g lin ter. mb af
tu
jack fell down and broke his crown,
An
As fa s
hea
d
h vinegar an d brown pa p
er
.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
9
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Lo
nd
Br
idg
ei
sf
all
in
gd
ow
n,
Fa lli
ng
do w
n,
on
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n, do w ng fa lli London Bridge is falling down,
my fair lady.
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
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sy
ag ain
e it
bi t
ut .
and th
Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
e n t up t h e sp o
rw e d pi s sy
si e ,
A
g-a-round the Rin Ro
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k c o p
l of posie l u f s. et
We all fall down!
Ashes Ashes