Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose is an educational adventure game released by Sierra On-Line in 1987.

One night, while preparing for bed, a child (which is the player's avatar) is sent into the dreamlike world of Mother Goose, who desperately needs help.

Walking close to an item is synonymous with picking it up and, as there is only one inventory window in the top-right corner of the screen, the character can only hold one object at a time.

Some characters (namely Old King Cole) require several items brought to them in order to put their rhyme back together.

If a player finds it hard to match the objects with the rhymes, he or she can approach the characters who are in need of a specific part of their story and this item will be displayed above them in the form of a "thought bubble".