Opie, Iona
OPIE, Iona
OPIE, Iona. British, b. 1923. Genres: Children's fiction, Language/ Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Mythology/Folklore. Publications: (with B. Alderson and R. Opie) Treasures of Childhood, 1989. WITH P. OPIE: The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, 1959; Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, 1963; A Family Book of Nursery Rhymes, 1964; Children's Games in Street and Playground, 1969; Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children, 1973; A Nursery Companion, 1980; The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse, 1983; The Singing Game, 1985; Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: The Opie Rhyme Book, 1988; I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book, 1992; The People in the Playground, 1993; My Very First Mother Goose, 1996; Children's Games with Things, 1997; Here Comes Mother Goose, 1999. EDITOR (most with P. Opie): The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997; The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, 1955; The Oxford Book of Children's Verse, 1973; The Classic Fairy Tales, 1974; (with M. Tatem) A Dictionary of Superstitions, 1989; Babies: An Unsentimental Anthology, 1990. Address: Mells House, West Liss, Hants., England.