And in The Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum’s “Mother Goose in Prose,” the rhyme was written by a farm boy named Bobby who saw a cat running with a fiddle attached to her tail, a cow ...

Mother Goose has been known historically as the fantastical author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes, both in French and English. What was once believed to have been published by ...

From Mother Goose, to the Brothers Grimm, to Hans Christian Andersen, to Disney’s adaptation, all ages continue to delight in these tales. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.