Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes is a large format book containing photos by John Barrett of the Muppet Babies puppet posers in their version of classic nursery rhymes. Each photo is accompanied by text from the featured story, surrounded by illustrations by Tom Brannon. Each photo contains a rat hiding in the background, possibly meant to be a Baby Rizzo. The photos originally appeared in the Muppet Babies Nursery Rhyme Calendar 1989. As a result, several of the pieces also fit specific seasons or holidays (for example, Gonzo as kissing Georgy Peorgy is carrying a Valentine's Day heart).