Award-winning author Robin McGrath offers a compendium of traditional nursery rhymes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Through this work, the rich and vital culture of the province comes alive.

This collection of traditional rhymes, charms, riddles and ditties brings together almost three hundred verses known throughout Newfoundland and Labrador by generations of children and adults. Most of the verses contain a place name. personal name or linguistic structure that identities them as being of Newfoundland or Labrador origin. The remaining verses have retained the rhythms and wording they had upon their arrival centuries ago from Ireland, France and Scotland.

A few original verses from the north of the province have been added to round out the selection. Decoralive cast cuts, originally used by Long Brothers' hand presses in St. John's, have been used to illustrate the verses.

Explanatory notes clarify the historic origins of some of these delightful and memorable nursery rhymes.

Several blank pages have been included at the back to allow readers to personalize their copies with their own family verses.