The Boyce Gay Way Series Nursery Rhyme pictures.
A collection of 20 full colour posters illustrating different Nursery Rhymes.
Titles include:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig
I saw a ship a-sailing
There was an old woman tossed up in a basket
Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
The man in the moon
Monday’s child is fair of face
Baa, baa, black sheep
Higgledy Piggledy, my black hen
Oranges and lemons
A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare
Here we go round the mulberry bush
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Ding, dong, bell, pussy’s in the well
Ring-a-ring-a-roses
I had a little pony
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
Please to remember the fifth of November
Curly Locks, Curly Locks
Wee Willie Winkie
These poster sized images were produced by Macmillan & Co to support The Gay Way reading scheme. They would have been held up for children to look at in class.
The series was edited by Ella Ruth Boyce, a prolific writer for children and long -term collaborator with the publishers.
Size: 51 x 43 cms or 20 1/2 x 17inches.
Condition: Very Good. All the images are generally very clean. One has somewhat creased corners on the bottom edge. Another has similarly creased corners and a repair to the white boarder along the top edge that appears to have been cut with a sharp blade. The damage and repair does not affect the coloured part of the images. A third image is slightly grubby - it was on top of the pile. The edges are soft and there is a closed tear, about 4 cms in length, on the bottom edge. The tear has been repaired from the reverse side.
