Anna Banana

Anna Banana
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1989-04-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0688088090

How many times can you jump rope? This rhyme makes the game of rope jumping even more fun. It's a counting rhyme, and there are lots of others like it. There are also red-hot pepper rhymes for jumping very fast, and rhymes for jumping in and out of the rope. There are even fortune-telling rhymes that answer questions and help you predict the future! The rhymes in this book began as a way to keep the rhythm while jumping rope, but they also lent poetry and humor to the game. Here are over one hundred traditional rhymes that will make rope jumping challenging and, best of all, fun.

Jump Rope Magic

Jump Rope Magic
Author: Afi Scruggs
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590693271

Shameka and her jump rope rhymes bring joy to everyone, even Miss Minnie, the meanest person in the neighborhood.

The Jump Rope Book

The Jump Rope Book
Author: Glen Vecchione
Publisher: Sterling
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Rope skipping
ISBN: 9780806906836

A handbook for skipping with a rope as a sport to keep fit. How-to illus for one or more people.

Schoolyard Rhymes

Schoolyard Rhymes
Author: Judy Sierra
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 030798317X

"Schoolyard rhymes are catchy and fun. They are easy to remember. In fact, they stick in the mind like bubble gum to a shoe." writes Judy Sierra in her introduction to this lively collection of traditional playground chants. Included are more than 50 verses ranging from the familiar jump rope rhyme about the mythical lady with the alligator purse to less familiar counting-out ones, from funny rhymes for ball-bouncing and hand-clapping games to "Liar, liar, pants on fire, nose as long as a telephone wire" and other choice insults of children. Melissa Sweet includes bright, colorful fabric swatches in her watercolor-and-pencil collages to perfectly capture the spirit of these funky, street-smart verses that children love to recite and chant.

Jump Rope Rhymes

Jump Rope Rhymes
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590259958

If you love to jump rope like Karen, here is a book of fun jump rope rhymes and games. Includes rhymes for double Dutch too.

Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes

Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes
Author: Francesca Forrest
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2012
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781907881169

The Cinderella jump rope rhyme was in actual use in the United States at least as late as the 1970s and 1980s: "Cinderella, dressed in yella/Went downstairs to kiss her fella/By mistake her girdle busted/How many people were disgusted?/One, Two, Three, Four..." Fast forward to nowadays, and put that rhyme in the hands of speculative poets and short-story writers and their friends. These are people with a lurid sense of humor, a color palette not limited to yellow, and a deep interest in imagining for Cindy some life-changing experiences beyond snake kissing and girdle busting. The rhymes found in Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes were written in a collaborative freestyle whimsy, with each author adding a rhyme until a delightful series had been created. Add to that the illustrative powers of artist Adam Oehlers, and the final product was this little chapbook. Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes shows you what a childhood pastime looks like when you dial macabre up to eleven. If playground fun got married to the genetically engineered child of Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman, their offspring would be Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes. Go ahead, nourish your inner Victorian orphan - or buy a copy for the Wednesday Addams in your life. Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes is a Cabinet des Fées production. All proceeds will be used to support Cabinet des Fées and charities of its choice. For more information please visit Cabinet des Fées online.

Chinese Jump Rope

Chinese Jump Rope
Author: Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781570540981

Two Chinese jump ropes are included with this well-researched book of instructions. Simple to complex levels of patterns are outlined in this set. Full color.

Realworld Guide

Realworld Guide
Author: Klutz Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-03
Genre: Counting-out rhymes
ISBN: 9781570540684

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307974952

"Part songbook, part research text, this work is perfect for families to share together or for young scholars who seek to discover an important piece of cultural history."— School Library Journal, starred review From Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney comes an extraordinary must-have collection of classic playtime favorites. This very special book is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families and will inspire joy in all who read it. Parents and grandparents will delight in sharing this exuberant book with the children in their lives. Here is a songbook, a storybook, a poetry collection, and much more, all rolled into one. Find a partner for hand claps such as “Eenie, Meenie, Sassafreeny,” or form a circle for games like “Little Sally Walker.” Gather as a family to sing well-loved songs like “Amazing Grace” and “Oh, Freedom,” or to read aloud the poetry of such African American luminaries as Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. And snuggle down to enjoy classic stories retold by the author, including Aesop’s fables and tales featuring Br’er Rabbit and Anansi the Spider. "A rich compilation to stand beside Rollins’s Christmas Gif’ and Hamilton’s The People Could Fly." —The Horn Book "An ebullient collection.... There is an undeniable warmth and sense of belonging to these tales." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred