Nursery Rhymes
Unlike the other books in the sequence, chapters in this book are headed with excerpts from the Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book. The story is also prefaced with a poem written by Joan Aiken's sister Jane 'when she was seven, or thereabouts' which has clearly provided some of the inspiration for the story.
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Famous quotes related to nursery rhymes:
“Yes, I know.
Death sits with his key in my lock.
Not one day is taken for granted.
Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)