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Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses
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Include books by the same authorCecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter · 40 pages
Eight short nursery rhymes about Cecily Parsley, Goosey Gander, the five pigs, Pussy-Cat, three blind mice, Tom Tinker's dog, a garden, and Ninny Nanny Netticoat
Flower Fairies of the Autumn
Cicely Mary Barker · 53 pages
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
In spring red sings from treetops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear. In winter green waits in the hearts of trees, feeling the earth turn. Color comes alive in this whimsical, innovative book. Blue dances on summer lakes, green drips from spring leaves, black wafts mysteriously through autumn evenings. Together, an award-winning poet and a brilliant painter inspire u
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl · 32 pages
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
Now We Are Six
A.A. Milne · 103 pages
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Once I Ate a Pie
Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Charest
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose
Kate Greenaway · 52 pages
All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon · 40 pages
Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Eugene Field · 38 pages
A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold.
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham · 64 pages
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Marilyn Singer · 32 pages
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages
Instructions
Neil Gaiman · 40 pages
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Ogden Nash · 32 pages
In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the day when a pirate threatens Belinda and her pet animals.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T.S. Eliot · 56 pages
T. S. Eliot’s playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical Cats. Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, this captivating edition makes a wonderful new home for Mr.
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
Science Verse
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 40 pages
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
I, Too, Am America
Langston Hughes · 40 pages
Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, *I, Too, Am America* blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality. Langston Hughes was a courageous voice of his time, and his authentic call for equality still rings true today. Beautiful paintings by illustrator Bryan Collie
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
Heinrich Hoffmann · 48 pages