The bold, distinctive style of Paula Regos paintings have an unusually large and enthusiastic following. Available again, Paula Rego's Anthology of traditional nursery rhymes features around 20 well- known tales, illustrated by her sometimes disturbing, but always arresting engravings. These wonderfully comic and rich illustrations turn classic nursery rhymes into colourful stories about folly and delusion, cruelty, convention and sex.

Introduction 7

Humpty Dumpty 12

Jack and Jill 14

Baa, baa, black sheep 16

See-saw, Margery Daw 18

Little Miss Muffet 20

Ride a cock-horse 22

Mary, Mary, quite contrary 24

Who killed Cock Robin? 26

Old Mother Hubbard 30

Hey diddle diddle 34

Rub-a-dub-dub 36

Three blind mice 38

Mother Goose 40

Goosey, goosey gander 42

Ladybird, ladybird 44

Rock-a-bye, baby 46

Polly, put the kettle on 48

Old King Cole 50

How many miles to Babylon? 52

Hickety, pickety 54

Sing a song of sixpence 56

A frog he would a-wooing go 60

The old woman who lived in a shoe 64

Ring-a-ringo' roses 66

There was a man of double deed 68

The grand old Duke of York 70