| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics |
| Content | Characters: Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Jack be Nimble |
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| Comic Story | Old Mother Goose (1 page) |
| Synopsis | King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride. |
| Content | Characters: Mother Goose; Old King Cole |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Simple Simon (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie. |
| Content | Characters: Simple Simon; Little Bo Peep; Mother Hubbard |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man." Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
| Content | Characters: The Crooked Man |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | The Puzzled Centipede (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?" |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Tom Twist (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home. |
| Content | Characters: Tom Twist |
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| Text Story | Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Little Miss Muffet (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider. |
| Content | Characters: Little Miss Muffet; Little Boy Blue |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling." |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Synopsis | The life of a Guinea pig. |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Sugar and Spice (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A little girl tries to make a girl from "sugar and spice and all things nice" and a boy from "scissors and snails and puppy dogs' tails," but doesn't have any luck. |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away. |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Comic Story | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty." |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Comic Story | The Owl and the Pussycat (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married. |
| Content | Characters: The Owl; The Pussycat |
| Notes | Mostly Edward Lear's original poem from 1871, with some minor line changes to make the story read smoother. The Owl bears a resemblance to Howland Owl from Walt Kelly's Pogo stories. |
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| Comic Story | The Secret (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A little girl has a secret. |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair. |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song. |
| Credits | Script:? (activity directions) |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Activity | The Singing Game of London Bridge (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Directions for choosing sides for a tug-of-war using the song "London Bridge is Falling Down." |
| Credits | Script:? (activity directions) |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Activity | Handkerchief Game (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket." |
| Credits | Script:? (activity directions) |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Synopsis | The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester." |
| Content | Characters: Doctor Foster |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet. |
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| Illustration | Nursery Rhyme Scenes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background. |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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