Science tells us that babies develop best when they are spoken to, sung to, and read to. Introduce your baby to a world of words and pictures with these 30 classic nursery rhymes from the Mother Goose collection and beyond paired with images of Chloe Giordano’s delightful hand-embroidered illustrations on cloth.

Even when they’re tiny, the sound of their parents’ voices helps babies make sense of the world and feel comfortable with new people and places. This treasury gives you the opportunity to rediscover just how useful (and calming) these best-loved nursery rhymes are in one, handsome volume.

Bond with your baby and help them grow as you recite and sing these timeless rhymes:

Hey, Diddle Diddle; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; This Little Piggy; Hush Little Baby; Hickory, Dickory, Dock; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Little Bo-Peep; Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; The Itsy Bitsy Spider; London Bridge; Mary Had a Little Lamb; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Humpty Dumpty; Rub-a-dub-dub; Pat-a-Cake; I Saw a Ship A-Sailing; Old MacDonald; Rock-a-Bye Baby; The Wheels on the Bus; I’m a Little Teapot; This Old Man; Jack and Jill; The Muffin Man; Little Miss Muffet; The Owl and the Pussy-cat; Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush; Old Mother Hubbard; Pop! Goes the Weasel; Are you Sleeping?

Read to Your Baby Every Day: 30 best-loved nursery rhymes and songs to read aloud

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb, / It's fleece was white as snow; / And everywhere that Mary went / The lamb was sure to go. / He followed her to school one day / Which was against the rule; / It made the children laugh and play, / To see a lamb at school. / And so the teacher turned him out, / But still he lingered near; / And waited patiently about / Till Mary did appear.

Hush-a-Bye Baby

Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top, / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, / Down will come baby, bough, cradle and all.

I’m a Little Teapot

I am a little teapot, / Short and stout. /Here is my handle, / Here is my spout. / When the water’s boiling, / Hear me shout! / Pick me up / And pour me out. / I am a little teapot, / Short and stout. / Here is my handle, / Here is my spout. / When the water’s boiling, / Hear me shout! / Pick me up / And pour me out.

The Owl and the Pussy-cat

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea / In a beautiful pea-green boat, / They took some honey, and plenty of money, / Wrapped up in a five-pound note. / The Owl looked up to the stars above, / And sang to a small guitar, / “O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, / What a beautiful Pussy you are, / You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!”