This first groups consists of books on jump rope and rhymes including some history:                  "Jump Rope Rhymes, a Dictionary"  Roger Abrahams   "Red Hot Peppers" Bob and Diane Boardman   "Anna Banana"   Joanna Cole  "Jump Rope Verses around the United States"    Catherine Ainsworth   "Jump Rope Book"  Elizabeth Loredo     "Skippimg Around the World"  Francelia Butler   "Jump Rope" Peter Skolnik                           The second group consists of books by Duncan Emrich. "Folklore on the American Land" by Emrich contains an excellent chapter on jump rope rhymes. Other books by Emrich which contain a few jump rope rhymes are, "The Whim-Wham Book,""The Hodgepodge Book," and "The Nonsense Book."                               The third group consists of books with rhymes only.  "Skipping Rhymes"  Dorothy, Alison, and Caroline Taylor  "Jump the Rope Jingles" Emma Worstell   "Jump Rope Rhymes" Barbara McGee  "Jump Rope Rhymes" published by Klutz   ""Jump Rope Rhymes"  Ann Martin  "Jump Rope Rhymes" Ellen Keller  "Jump Rope Rhymes"  Patricia Evans  "The Skip Rope Book"  Francelia Butler  "A Rocket in my Pocket"  Carl Withers "I Saw Esau"  Iona and Peter Opie  "And the Green Grass Grew All Around"  Alvin Schwartz       The last group consists of books on children`s games of all kinds that include some material on jump rope and rhymes:  "Children`s Games Throughout the Year" Leslie Daiken  "London Street Games" Norman Douglas  "One Potato Two Potato"  Mary and Herbert Knapp  "Children`s Games in Street and Playground" Iona and Peter Opie  "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" Iona and Peter Opie  "The People in the Playground" Iona Opie  "The Folkgames of Children" Brian Sutton-Smith                Many of these books are out of print, but they may be obtained by inter-library loan, or purchased through used book dealers online. Some of these book dealers are: Half.com,   Amazon.com,  Alibris.com, Abebooks.com. Used books may also be located through bookfinder.com.