The name Humpty Dumpty evokes an anthropomorphic egg, probably perched atop the wall that is soon to be, quite literally, his downfall. But recite the whole poem and you’ll notice something strange: ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence, an eerie nursery rhyme where blackbirds are baked into a pie and a maid gets her nose cut off, has several dark readings. The simple rhymes and songs we know courtesy of ...

"Uff uff me, or my hearts will break," cried daughter (D) when presented, at age 3, with her new baby brother (S). Already she was integrating nursery rhyme words with her own language. S used the ...

When you hear the name Humpty Dumpty, you most likely picture an egg or a egg-shaped person. It's a common thing. We've seen it in cartoons, movies, and comics for all of our lives. This made the ...

American Songwriter is premiering the latest animated video by legendary kids songwriter and performer Raffi and his collaborator Lindsay Munroe. The new video is the accompanying work to the duo’s ...

This is a case of life imitating art or nursery rhymes if we've ever heard one. (Via Flickr / Luis Miguel Justino) On Saturday in Turner, Oregon, a statue of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty took ...

Roger Tofte has managed to do what no team of kings and horses ever could. He's put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Well, sort of. Technically, the Humpty Dumpty sculpture unveiled today at Tofte's ...

Two men who jumped up onto Humpty Dumpty's wall to take a photo with the cement egg Saturday afternoon, caused Humpty to accidentally fall, and shatter into many pieces. True to the old fairytale, the ...

SALEM, Ore. — The nursery rhyme proved right: Humpty Dumpty couldn’t be put together again. But the owner of an Oregon tourist attraction vows to build Humpty anew. Last weekend, two men planning a ...