梅布尔·露西·阿特韦尔是位备受尊敬、令人喜爱的艺术家。从英国王室定制的圣诞贺卡到杂志绘图，从伦敦地铁广告到儿童图书插画，梅布尔的各类作品都取得了巨大成功。她创作的《爱丽丝梦游仙境》、《水孩子》、《彼得·潘》插图版本一直流行至今。此外，她讲述并绘制了大量儿歌与睡前故事。《卜卜小精灵》系列自问世以来，一直受到大人和孩子们的喜爱。
梅布尔出生于英国伦敦东区一个大家庭，父亲脾气有点古怪、过于严格。她的童年缺少温暖，从早期作品里可以看出她对亲情和快乐的渴望。她16岁时就卖出了第一幅画作，挣钱继续接受教育。后来她与一位艺术家结婚，育有两子一女。女儿佩吉是梅布尔艺术创作的原型，给她带来了无尽灵感。

PART I RHYMETIME
1 Hush-a-bye
2 The Queen of Hearts
3 Little Nancy Etticoat
4 Ring-a-ring O'roses
5 Six Little Mice
6 Little Tommy Tifflemouse
7 If I Had a Donkey
8 Goosey, Goosey, Gander
9 Lavender Blue
10 Ride a Cock-horse
11 The Norfh Wind
12 Polly Put fhe Kettle on
13 An Old Woman in a Basket
14 Little Miss MuFfet
15 Simple Simon
16 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
17 To Market
18 Sing a Song of Sixpence
19 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
20 Girls and Boy
21 Little Bo-peep
22 Black Sheep
23 There Was a Crooked Man
24 Tom, Tom the Piper's Son
25 I Love Little Pussy
26 An Old Man
27 An Old Woman
28 Oranges and Lemons
29 Hey Diddle Diddle
30 Dame Get Up
3! Little Tommy Tucker
32 The Grand Old Duke oF York
33 Hey Diddle Dumpling
34 Ding, Dong, Bell
35 The Man in the Moon
36 Humpty Dumpfy
37 Wee Willie Winkie
38 Poor Mary Jane
39 Georgie Porgie
40 Jack and Jill
41 Little Jack Horner
42 Little Boy Blue
43 I Had a Little Nut Tree
44 Lucy Locket
45 Busy Day
46 My Bicycle
47 Our Puppy
48 Lazybones
49 In the Rain
50 The Birthday Present
51 In My Garden
52 The Giant Snowball
53 Cakes For Tea
54 The Demon Driver
55 On TraFFic Duty
56 Mrs. Mole
57 A Spring Day
58 The Little Bear's Friends
59 The Road Through the Woods
60 A HandFul
61 The Visitors
62 My Dream Horse
63 The Carrier's Cart
64 Getting Up!
65 Primrose Time
66 The Handyman
67 My Circus Trick
68 Bad Dog
69 Out in the Country
70 The Cherry Tree
71 Sleepyhead
72 Sunflowers
73 There Was a Little Girl
74 Ride a Cock-horse
75 Digging
76 Shoes For Ted
77 Bumble Our Puppy
78 Garden Fairies
79 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
80 Pat-a-cake
81 Bye Baby Bunting
82 Knitting Needles
83 Us Three
84 Won't You Share?
85 Cheer Up!
86 Ready For the Rain
87 Up, OFF and Away
88 My Little Brother
89 Splashing
90 Daisy Chains
91 I Sent a Letter fo My Love
92 This Little Pig
93 The Photographer
94 Teatime
95 Busy Day
96 Sleepfime
97 To Bed, To Bed
98 We Wish You a Merry Christmas
PART II STORYTIME
99 When the Clocks Stopped
100 Josie's Secret
101 The Shoemaker's Daughter
102 The Rose Doll's Party
103 The Patchwork Quilt
104 The Happy Umbrella
105 The Valentine Fairy
106 The Gentle Dragon
107 The Christmas Robin
108 Come to the Fair
109 A Birthday Surprise
110 The Funny Flower Seller
111 The Tree House
112 The Unwanted Wish
1!3 The Story of Daisy Duck
114 Surprise at the Circus
115 Happy Shopping
116 The Birthday Tent
117 The Gay Wood Elves
118 Captain Frog's Ferry
119 Peggy-Anne and Peter
120 Percival Peeps

几代英国家庭读给孩子听的童谣儿歌与睡前故事。
120篇韵文故事、精美彩色插图，让中国孩子感受原味英语。
本书作者与插图画家梅布尔·露西·阿特韦尔出生于英国伦敦的一个大家庭。她一生创作了大量插图，给世人留下宝贵的艺术珍品；她还写作了许多儿童故事，是位家喻户晓的作家。她的艺术创作丰富多样，从各类贺卡到图书插图，从普通玩具到英国王室餐具，从插图作品到伦敦地铁广告……梅布尔的大多作品以女儿佩吉为原型，给历经战争苦难与伤悲的人们带来了极大安慰与快乐。
梅布尔的画作一直被世人珍藏，她创作的儿童故事至今仍在西方家庭广为流传。她的插画与故事，不仅是给孩子，也为成人而创作，让读者内心感到开心愉悦。这些源于英国文化背景下的童谣儿歌与睡前故事，是中国孩子学习英语的优质资源。期盼本书能带给孩子们一种快乐而美好的体验，让他们在原汁原味的英文阅读中快乐学英语。