Q. I need sources about 4 nursery rhymes, and their historical and political context and meanings.

If you do a search from our homepage for “nursery rhymes” politics (or history) you can find several eBooks about nursery rhymes and historical and political contexts. There are several great sources about fairy tales in the library, including:

• Warner, M. (2014). Once upon a time : a short history of fairy tale (First). Oxford University Press 

• From the garden to the street : an introduction to 300 years of poetry for children by Morag Styles

• The natural history of make-believe : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America by John Goldthwaite

Once you identify which nursery rhymes you want to use, you can search specifically for more information about them in JSTOR, or EBSCO