Leroy F.Jackson （勒罗伊·F.杰克逊）(1881-1958) was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He moved with his family to North Dakota in the early 1890s. Jackson received his bachelors degree from the University of North Dakota and his masters degree from the University of Chicago. In 1912 he went to Harvard for a year to conduct research under Frederick Jackson Turner. After several years of holding teaching positions throughout North Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington, Jackson moved to Burnsville, NC to become director of the Stanley McCormick School.
In 1932 Jackson began working for the U.S. Indian Service and was sent to Wrangell, Alaska to become director of the Wrangell Institute. In 1934 Jackson was sent to New Mexico to work with the Navajo at the Charles H. Burke School in Fort Wingate, and the Taos Day School in Taos. Jackson was also the author of several published articles, monographs, and children's books of nursery rhymes. He died in Pomona, California in 1958.
Blanche Fisher Wright was a children's book illustrator active in the 1910s. She is best known for illustrating The Real Mother Goose, published in 1916.

01 A COPPER DOWN A CRACK
02 I'M MUCH TOO BIG FOR A FAIRY
03 DID YOU EVER PLAY TAG WITH A TIGER?
04 THE BLUE SONG
05 HIPPITY HOP TO BED
06 AWAY TO THE RIVER
07 OUR LITTLE PAT
08 THE ANIMAL SHOW
09 TOMMY TRIMBLE
10 DICKIE, DICKIE DEXTER
11 ON THE ROAD TO TATTLETOWN
12 POLLY AND PETER
13 I WENT TO TOWN ON MONDAY
14 WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
15 CHRISTOPHER CRUMP
16 PINKY, PINKY, PANG
17 TICK, TOCK
18 UNDER THE WILLOW
19 HIGH ON THE MANTEL
20 BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS
21 BUTTERFLY
22 BEELA BY THE SEA
23 A MATTER OF TASTE
24 TOMMY, MY SON
25 OH, SAID THE WORM
26 BUZZY BROWN
27 THE WIND
28 THE HOBO BAND
29 A BEETLE ON A BROOMSTRAW
30 MULE THOUGHTS
31 A CANDLE, A CANDLE
32 BAXTER
33 LODDY, GIN, AND ELLA ZANDER
34 AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL
35 A LITTLE BOY RAN TO THE END OF THE SKY
36 DISCRETION
37 A BEETLE ONCE SAT ON A BARBERRY TWIG
38 THE THIEVES
39 UPON THE IRISH SEA
40 DUCKLE, DAISY
41 I'VE GOT A NEW BOOK
42 THE CARROT AND THE RABBIT
43 HIPPY-HI-HOPPY
44 UP ON THE GARDEN GATE
45 MOST ANY CHIP
46 A MOON SONG
47 WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
48 TIMMY O'TOOLE
49 A MAN CAME FROM MALDEN
50 BARON BA TTEROFF
51 SIX LITTLE SALMON
52 TO GARRY ON THE TOOT-TOOT
53 DOUBBLEDOON
54 THE PARTY
55 I'VE GOTA YELLOWPUPPY
56 DOCTOR McSWA TTLE
57 COLUMBUS
58 TERRIBLE TIM
59 WHAT'S THE USE?
60 ALL ABOARD FOR BOMBAY
61 WATER
62 OLD MOLL Y IS LOWING
63 SNOWFLAKES
64 DIPPY-DIPPY-DA VY
65 WHEN I'M AS RICH AS UNCLE CLAUS
66 RINKY-- TATTLE
67 TWENTY LITTLE SNOWFLAKES
68 SLIPPERY SLIM"
69 THE FREIGHTER
70 NOONEATHOME
71 PATTERS AND TATTERS
72 CROWN THE KING WITH CARROT TOPS
73 THE CANADA GOOSE
74 HIPPERTY
75 SONNY
76 THE STOVE
77 THE THUNDER BABY
78 HINKY, PINKY, PEARL Y EARL
79 TIPSY TOM
80 JOLL Y JINKS
81 TRANSFORMATION
82 THE THIEF CHASE
83 SOMEBODY
84 CONSOLATION
85 THE ROBIN AND THE SQUIRREL
86 RAIN
87 OLD FATHER McNETHER
88 JERRY WAS A JOKER
89 KING KOKEM
90 OLD MISSUS SKINNER
91 OH, MOTHER
92 CELLA REE AND TOMMY TO
93 IF I WERE RICHER
94 THE ARMY OF THE QUEEN
95 ROMULUS
96 THE HERO
97 PENSIVE PERCY
98 MOON, 0 MOON IN THE EMPTY SKY
99 THE RAG-MAN
100 WHENEVER I GO OUT TO WALK
101 A FREE SHOW
102 BILLY BUMPKINS
103 BLUE FLAMES AND RED FLAMES
104 TIMOTHY GRADY
105 CAPTAIN TICKLE AND HIS NICKEL
106 GRANDMOTHER GRUNDY
107 NEEDLES AND PINS
108 A TOE RIME
109 HARRY HOOKER
110 JELLY JAKE AND BUTTER BILL
111 CUT UP A CAPER
112 EAT, EAT, EAT
113 HETTY HUTTON
114 A BIG, FAT POTATO
115 A BUNDLE OF HAY
116 PETER, POPPER
117 OLD FATHER ANNUM
118 THE TIPPANY FLOWER
119 HERE COMES A CABBAGE
120 PLENTY
121 THE RUNAWAYS
122 A RACE, A RACE TO MOSCOW
123 THE SALESMAN
124 A PRINCE FROM PEPPERVILLE
125 BOATS
126 PRETTY THINGS
127 DID YOU EVER?
128 HOOTEM, TOOTEM, CLEAR THE TRACK
129 DOCTOR DRAKE
130 BABIES
131 TWENTY THIEVES FROM ALBION
132 AS I CAME OUT OF GRUNDY GREET

呈现于读者面前的勒罗伊·F.杰克逊著的这本《Father Goose：鹅爸爸》，由美国知名插图画家布兰琪· F.莱特女士创作完成，她的另一本颇有影响力的插图著作《Mother Goose：鹅妈妈》自出版后，一直流传至今。对中国孩子来说，这两本英文童谣书可以帮助他们更好地感受英语这种语言的韵律美，亦可以作为英语学习的阅读素材，接近英语母语孩子的学习过程。为了帮助大家更好地理解这些童谣所蕴含的历史背景，我们特意请加拿大英语教师凯伦女士加以注释，她简洁的英语转述，定能帮助读者理解和使用本书。
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