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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Rhymes and Verse]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{Frontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Sadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5|genre=ChildrenFor Sharing|summary=Sadie's Rhymes mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and Verse==she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Donaldson_Treasury|title=A Treasury of Songs|author=Michael RosenJulia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|rating=4|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Some people have all the skills, not only is Julia Donaldson one of the most successful children's authors, but she can also carry a tune. For the past few years, she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and plays them during open readings, or releases them as part of a songbook. For the first time, A Treasury of Songs brings together several of her books in one omnibus and it also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the songs.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Woollard_Kipling|title=Michael RosenRudyard Kipling's Big Book of Bad ThingsJust So Stories|author=Elli Woollard and Marta Altes

|summary=When he was littleNow, whatever our age, Michael Rosen's dad remembered there are probably a few books that we have all encountered at some point in our childhoods. They have stood the bad things he'd done test of time to such an extent that they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and reminded him are known throughout the world. One of them when appropriateis by Rudyard Kipling, so Michael imagined hewho brought a child'd written them all down s sense of wonder and his own Victorian absurdist set of explanations to play in a Big Book dozen examples of Bad Thingswarm whimsy. Here In shrugging off evolution he presents got to convey how the eponymous poemrhino skin is so ill-fitting and rumpled, as well as many many other tales of childhoodhow the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, from and how the horrors of being elephant got such a second late to schoolthing as his trunk. In doing so he entertained his young daughter, to making not knowing she would die as a raft, to going to child long before he produced a cafébook-length collection – and way before he saw something into print that has lasted ever since. Some badJust in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and it won't be long, some sadtrust me), some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderfulyou can start them in early with this lovely and bright adaptation.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324511</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul CooksonHarris_Rhyming|title=The World I'm Just No Good At Our FeetRhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups|author=Chris Harris and Lane Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=With In the World Cup just around sniffy world of literary poetry, people seem to be able to knock together a dozen verses and get an audience of twenty people to buy a pamphlet, and they call themselves published authors. You get a similar thing at times with poetry for the corneryoung – most poetry books, after all, have a lot more blank space in them than routine volumes, football is on everyoneand people compile their best arrays of very few words in between two covers and bingo, they have a book, and twenty minutes later bingo, you've read it. That's lipsmost certainly not the case here, for this is crammed with what has to be considered a major outpouring of wit and rhyme. Paul CooksonAnd whatever age you are, Poet in Residence at the [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum]and whatever experience with verse you may have, has compiled the best football poems for young childrenthis will not seem to you like someone's first book of poetry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>033051086X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John FosterGoss_600|title=Whizz Bang Orang-UtanDoctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who)|author=James Goss and Russell T Davies|rating=34.5

|summary=Subtitled ''rhymes Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the very young''life of a Time Lord and that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, you know what her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you're getting with ''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's working on a poetry anthologyshorter timescale, with sweet poems about kidsa shorter lifespan, what they get up toand thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, and of course whizzing and banging orang-utanswell my advice is pretty much the same.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729934</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gaby Morgan (editor)0956503527|title=In My Sky at Twilight|rating=4|genre=Teens|summary=Off the back of the success of Stephenie MeyerThere's [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]] series there has been a boom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. A Lion In My Sky at Twilight is perhaps one of the most unusual books to come out of this craze as it is a collection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the series.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230745865</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewBathroom|author=Children's Trust|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite PoemsGiles Paley-Phillips

|summary=CelebritiesThis collection of nonsense poetry takes in all sorts of subjects, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]]from wannabe magicians to armpits, Paul Oand from failed cowboys to a girl with springs for feet. It'Gradys all very silly, Sienna Millerall very nonsensical, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthologygood fun. All proceeds from the book go A proportion of profits are being donated to [http://www.thechildrenstrustbeatbloodcancers.org.uk/ The Children's TrustLeukaemia and Lymphoma Research]. It's a fantastic charity, who help disabled children, and I urge you all to buy a copy of ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' to support them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632650X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Rosen0192731831|title=A To Z - The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To ZephaniahSee You Later, Escalator|author=John Foster|rating=4.5

|summary=Michael Rosen has picked the best modern children's Always a sucker for a good poetryanthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Agard through to Benjamin ZephaniahFoster. It stemmed from Rosen performing in schools and libraries with many of the poets, and as children's poetry anthologies go, it's amongst the very best.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324503</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey|title=JimSee You Later, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A Lion|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Hilaire BellocEscalator's ''Cautionary Tales For Children'' are rightly lauded as classics. Mini Grey (also [[Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey|rightly lauded]])continues in the same vein, has illustrated one with poems from the likes of these fine talesTony Mitton, so that a new generation of children can discover just what happens when you run away from your nurse Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and a lion eats you. Pay attention kidsBrian Patten.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224083678</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mandy Stanley 1849392021|title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery FavouritesThere's An Alien In The Classroom|author=Gervase Phinn

|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Every small child should have book (or a few) containing traditional nursery rhymes, and every so often newly illustrated collections are published. ''Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarThere's An Alien In The Classroom'' is part a collection of such school-based poems and poems aimed at school-age children. Taking in all forms, from limericks and cautionary verse to acrostics and haiku, it offers a new series called ''Time for a Rhyme''broad overview of poetry. With themes including school, families, seasons, Bonfire Night, published by Harper Collins Nativity plays and illustrated by Mandy Stanley known for her [[The Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|Lettice]] stories and other picture booksgoing to the dentist, there's something to appeal to every child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=T S Eliot1408304589|title=Old Possum's The Orchard Book of Practical CatsOf Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby|author=Penny Dann

|summary=In 1939All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and Three Blind Mice, TS Eliot's cat poems for his godchildren were first publishedto Sing A Song Of Sixpence. Seventy years and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical laterWith over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, theyall the big names are presented in a beautiful compendium that you're republished here, complete with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, best known ll treasure for his work on [[The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson|The Gruffalo]]years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571240615</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Spike Milligan0141324511|title=The Magical World Michael Rosen's Big Book of MilliganBad Things|author=Michael Rosen

|genre=Confident ReadersChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Some people you just have to love. ItWhen he was little, Michael Rosen's dad remembered all the law. Spike Milligan was always fantasticbad things he'd done and reminded him of them when appropriate, and so Michael imagined he's much missedd written them all down in a Big Book of Bad Things. He's got Here he presents the eponymous poem, as well as many many other tales of childhood, from the perfect mix horrors of nonsensebeing a second late to school, heartto making a raft, and surreal humourto going to a café. He speaks to people of Some bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all ages, and he's just plain lovelywonderful. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>

 {{newreview|author=Carol Ann Duffy|title=New and Collected Poems for Children|rating=5Frontpage|genreisbn=Anthologies033051086X|summary=Sometimes the title is all the introduction you need: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's 'New and Collected Poems for Children'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571219683</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewThe World At Our Feet|author=Harry Horse|title=Higglety Pigglety Pop! And Other First PoemsPaul Cookson

|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=A poetry anthology that includes Edward LearWith the World Cup just around the corner, Spike Milliganfootball is on everyone's lips. Paul Cookson, AA MilnePoet in Residence at the [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum], Lewis Carroll and Michael Rosen is immediately worth a look. They're timeless classics that everyone has read and has had read to themcompiled the best football poems for young children.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323144</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Debi Gliori0192729934|title=Noisy PoemsWhizz Bang Orang-Utan|author=John Foster|rating=3.5|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Any book of poetry that starts with Spike Milligan and ends with Roger McGough will get Subtitled ''rhymes for the thumbs up from me. Noisy Poems is full of just that: poems about soundsvery young'', you know what you're getting with trucks honking, ducks quacking, trains clickety''Whizz Bang Orang-clacking and shoes squeakingUtan''. It's awash a poetry anthology, with alliteration sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and rhythm. It's crying out to be read aloud of course whizzing and joined in withbanging orang-utans.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323195</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Foster0230745865|title=Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate BarIn My Sky at Twilight|author=Gaby Morgan (editor)|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=I was recently subjected to a good 20 minutes Off the back of the rude version success of Happy Birthday in Catalan, even though it was neither my birthday nor am I Catalan. I responded with the olStephenie Meyer' squashed tomatoes and stew version that we all know and love, for s [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]] series there has been a very restrained 15 minutesboom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar In My Sky at Twilight is packed full perhaps one of such things. Kids love those sort the most unusual books to come out of rhymes, and childish adults love 'em too. Whilst Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar isn't exactly rude, this craze as it does have is a cheeky glint in its eye, a muddy splash on its new shoes, and gleeful laughter throughoutcollection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the series.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192755811</amazonuk>

{{newreview|author=Paul B Janeczko and Chris Raschka|title=A Kick In The Head: An Everyday Guide To Poetic Forms|rating=5|genre=Move on to [[Newest Confident Readers|summary=As the subtitle says, A Kick In The Head is an everyday guide to poetic forms. It's a perfect primer to couplets, limericks, acrostics, sonnets, haiku and many more. Each form has a brief explanation, an example, and then a more detailed explanation at the back. It's a wonderful educational book for any child (or for any adult who wants to brush up on their basic understanding of poetry).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763641324</amazonuk>}}Reviews]]