Project Gutenberg 2010-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 99 Caldecott, Randolph 1846 1886 Caldecott, R. (Randolph) R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 2) The Three Jovial Huntsmen—Sing a Song for Sixpence—The Queen of Hearts—The Farmer's Boy E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Emmy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 2)" by Randolph Caldecott is a delightful collection of illustrated nursery rhymes written during the late 19th century. This book showcases the whimsical and playful spirit characteristic of children's literature from this time period, celebrating classic tales and songs that engage and entertain young readers. The collection features several charming stories and poems, including "The Three Jovial Huntsmen," "Sing a Song for Sixpence," "The Queen of Hearts," and "The Farmer's Boy." Each piece is accompanied by vibrant illustrations that bring the verses to life. The narratives revolve around themes of playfulness, mischief, and the simplicity of rural life. In "The Three Jovial Huntsmen," the huntsmen humorously bumble through their adventures without success, while "Sing a Song for Sixpence" presents a quirky tale of blackbirds and a pie. "The Queen of Hearts" recounts a lighthearted incident involving stolen tarts, and "The Farmer's Boy" captures the joys of farm life in a lyrical format. Overall, this collection is a joyful introduction to classic nursery rhymes, perfect for sharing with children. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34433/34433-h/images/coverpage.jpg en Nursery rhymes, English PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 74523 74312 2024-09-14T12:01:11.109919 2023-09-15T06:59:08.872537 text/html text/html 72014 2010-11-24T17:14:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4054791 2010-11-24T17:21:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4053993 2024-09-14T12:01:23.905370 application/epub+zip 4052027 2024-09-14T12:01:16.717906 application/epub+zip 168172 2024-09-14T12:01:12.115873 application/epub+zip 5812473 2024-09-14T12:01:26.375412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5790097 2024-09-14T12:01:19.386918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192725 2022-09-15T15:40:43.102069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32070 31889 2024-09-14T12:01:10.297900 2023-09-15T06:59:08.179534 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31877 2010-11-24T17:11:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9398 2010-11-24T17:11:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18347 2024-09-14T12:01:26.516279 application/rdf+xml 30461 2024-09-14T12:01:12.200956 image/jpeg 4198 2024-09-14T12:01:12.157851 image/jpeg 4058447 2024-09-14T12:01:11.763889 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia