Page from ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’

Published in 2014, 'Over the Hills and Far Away' features a collection of rhymes from around the world. Here, counting rhymes from the Caribbean, America and South Africa all work to a similar rhythm, but use different nonsense words.

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From ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’ (2014), edited by Elizabeth Hammil

Artwork by Pippa Curnick for 'Over the Hills and Far Away' (2014), 

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