Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book is the first nursery rhymes book to be published. Some of the oldest rhymes are ‘Pat-a-cake’, ‘To the market’, ‘Cock-a doodle-do’ and ‘Rain-rain go away’.

Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book is the first nursery rhymes book to be published. Some of the oldest rhymes are ‘Pat-a-cake’, ‘To the market’, ‘Cock-a doodle-do’ and ‘Rain-rain go away’.