Heavy Words Lightly Thrown
Subtitle: The Reason Behind the Rhyme
Publisher: Gotham
Published: August 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781592402175
Subjects: English Poetry; Folklore; Fiction; Sociology; Literary Criticism; Folklore & Mythology; Humor / Essays; Form - Essays; Children's Literature - General; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; General; History and criticism; Nursery rhymes, English; Essays
First sentence: Little "Jack" Horner was actually Thomas Horner, steward to the Abbot of Glastonbury during the reign of King Henry VIII.