The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes    by Linda Alchin
Price: $4.99 USD. 21120 words. Published on February 19, 2011. .
Many nursery rhymes are believed to be associated with actual events in history, and include references to murder, torture, betrayal, greed, and to tyrants and royalty. Reciting them to our children is an enjoyable first step to developing their language skills, the words passed from one generation to the next but the secret histories behind them are long forgotten . . . until now.