Mother Goose in Prose

Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum, and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901.

The book opens with an introduction by Baum that traces the history of Mother Goose. It is followed by the original text of a nursery rhyme with a broader story to establish its literary context.

   Sing a Song o' Sixpence

   The Story of Little Boy Blue

   The Cat and the Fiddle

   Black Sheep

   Old King Cole

   Mistress Mary

   The Wond'rous Wise Man

   What Jack Horner Did

   The Man in the Moon

   The Jolly Miller

   The Little Man and His Little Gun

   Hickory, Dickory, Dock

   Little Bo-Peep

   The Story of Tommy Tucker

   Pussy-cat Mew

   How the Beggars Came to Town

   Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

   Humpty Dumpty

   The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

   Little Miss Muffet

   Three Wise Men of Gotham

   Little Bun Rabbit