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In doing the work, Merchant learned that few students in her Head Start program were aware of Mother Goose, much less the nursery rhymes associated with her.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
And despite that famous nursery rhyme, woodchucks don’t like wood but get labeled a pest because of their hole-digging and habit of chewing on flowers and vegetable garden plants.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Some of these nursery rhymes offer opportunities for learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Nov. 2025
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
And despite that famous nursery rhyme, woodchucks don’t like wood but get labeled a pest because of their hole-digging and habit of chewing on flowers and vegetable garden plants.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Some of these nursery rhymes offer opportunities for learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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“Nursery rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursery%20rhyme. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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