Product Description

This collection brings together the most beloved children's poems. Poems such as "The Owl and the Pussycat" to "Us Two" and "Chocolate Cake" should amuse and delight children and adults alike. The collection includes the modern and the classics, from A.A. Milne to Pam Ayres.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9147 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Great book to keep handy
As a teacher I found this book valuable to have handy. It contains several short poems that can be used to fill a few spare minutes in the day. It has many classic poems such as Allan Ahlberg's 'Please Mrs Butler', Spike Milligan's 'On the Ning Nang Nong', Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' and Edward Lear's 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'. Fantastic book to make sure children are introduced to a range of timeless poems.

all my yesterdays
This book was just what I was looking for when my four year old daughter started to show an interest in rhymes and poems. I found myself desperately fishing around my increasingly feeble memory for more than just a couple of lines of fondly remembered poems from my childhood. The added bonus of this book is that there is an index of first lines so you can find poems even if you can't remember their titles. There really is something for everyone here, from the old traditional favourites like 'The Owl and The Pussycat' right up to date with modern poems. If like me you were brought up on a diet of Ogden Nash and Spike Milligan, then you may have missed the delights of Benjamin Zephaniah's 'Talking Turkeys!' up until now. I have thoroughly enjoyed re-visiting my childhood, sharing my daughter's new experiences and making some real new discoveries myself along the way. Can't recommend this anthology highly enough.