Hickety Dickety Dock, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection

Hickety Dickety Dock, illustrated by Denslow

American advertisement; premium was Baum's book, 1900

A page from a late 17th century handwritten and illustrated version of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye, depicting Puss in Boots

"Hey Diddle Diddle" is a popular nursery rhyme.

Walter Crane's illustration of the maid hanging out the clothes

illustrations for Jack and Jill

Jack & Jill in the act of tumbling down, according to Denslow

illustrations for Mary had a little lamb, from a 1901 edition

Mary and lamb at school, according to Denslow

Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose illustration of children playing the game (from Project Gutenberg).