Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

By Iona Archibald Opie

Children's Games in Street and Playground

By Iona Archibald Opie

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

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Over five hundred traditional nursery rhymes, accompanied by illustrations and detailed notes about each rhyme.

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

By Iona Archibald Opie

Babies

By Peter Opie, Iona Archibald Opie

I Saw Esau

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I saw Esau

By Peter Opie, Maurice Sendak, Iona Archibald Opie

A collection of rhymes and riddles traditionally passed on orally from child to child.

I Saw Esau

By Peter Opie, Iona Opie

"The mood is insouciant glee. A treasure." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."That’s what children chant when the...

The Opie collection of children's literature

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The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

By Iona Opie Peter Opie Introduction By Marina Warner

First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside t...