The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes, by Leroy F. JacksonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Peter Patter Book of Nursery RhymesAuthor: Leroy F. JacksonIllustrator: Blanche Fisher WrightRelease Date: July 7, 2007 [EBook #22014]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PETER PATTER ***Produced by K Nordquist, Close@Hand re-scanned someillustrations, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCover View larger imageTHE PETER PATTER BOOKOF NURSERY RHYMESIllustration 2 THE KING HAD A PLATTER OF BRISKET AND BATTERView larger imageTitle pageView larger imageTHE PETER PATTER BOOKofNURSERY RHYMESby Pictures byLEROY F. BLANCHEJACKSON FISHER WRIGHTDedicationToANDREW, PUDGE, AND BOBBYMy first appreciative audienceCopyright © 1918 by Rand McNally & Company.Renewal copyright 1946by Rand McNally & Co.All rights reserved.PETER PATTER told them to me,All the little rimes,Whispered them among the bushesHalf a hundred times. OwlPeter lives upon a mountainPretty near the sun,Knows the bears and birds and rabbitsNearly every one;Has a home among the alders,Bed of cedar bark,Walks alone beneath the pine treesEven when it’s dark.Squirrels ...