other Goose's Melody by John Newberry, "The Father of Children's Literature", switched the focus of the Mother Goose stories from fairy tales to nursery rhymes, and in English this was until recently the primary connotation for Mother Goose. This version of Mother Goose's Melody is a facsimile reproduction of the earliest know edition with an introduction and notes.

The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme".