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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Rhymes and Verse]]{{adsense2}}__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|title=Changing Guard at Buckingham PalaceFrontpage|authorisbn=A A Milne and E H Shepard0995647895|ratingtitle=5|genre=Children's Rhymes Sadie and Verse|summary=Do you remember that time when they were changing guard at Buckingham Palace, and Christopher Robin went down with Alice? Or how about that Christmas when King John (not a good man) asked for lots of things but only really wanted a big, India-rubber ball? These were the poems of my childhood, so much so that when this new compilation arrived I remembered some of them by heart even though it must have been a good 20 years since I leafed through 'Now We Are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405268638</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Trumpety TrumpSea Dogs|author=Steve Smallman Maureen Duffy and Adria MeserveAnita Joice|rating=3.5
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|summary=Two subjects guaranteed to have any nursery age child in stitches are bums and farts. This book has plenty of bothSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, along with some other very rude behaviour which will have children begging to hear this again and againher mind never on what she should be doing. Although She lives by the book reads like a non stop riot of rude River Thames at Greenwich and raucous behaviour, it does teach children about friendship and manners as well. Adults will appreciate the moral she loves to the story, but children will be so busy laughing, they'll hardly notice that they are learning spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at the same timeCutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407121812</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|author=Sean Taylor and Ross Collins''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>|title=Robot Rumpus|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=My sons tore open ''To the parcel with Maritime Museum''Robot Rumpus'. Her imagination was fired. She' d love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and were already reading went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it themselves before I could even get the tape from the rest of 's the box, so they had one up where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on me when we settled down to read it later as a family. We began looking through show) and missed the robot models on closing bell and the inside of attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the front midst of cover, and as I mentioned which ones I wish we an adventure that she could never haveimagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, the boys were already laughing with a ''just'' ''wait'' ''mermaids and'' ''see'' look on their facestreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396280</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tor FreemanEsiri Poem|title=The Toucan BrothersA Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Allie Esiri|rating=54|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=I hate For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to mention illustrations before mentioning the story with a children's bookstart, but the illustrations are clearly the first thing you will notice with the book. My children, drawn by the illustrations, had this pulled out of the box of books it came in is a fun and were sitting down reading it before I could even sort through the resteasy commitment to take on. As soon as I saw this, I thought of [[:Category:Richard Scarry|Richard Scarry]]. The illustrations are highly reminiscent of Scarry's work, but if anything these are bolder, brighter and busier. If you have Reading a child who is poem a visual learnerday does not take long, or who needs plenty of visual cues when readingmere minutes, this book is definitely one you want and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to take be a closer look at. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect and poem that speaks to each page literally seems to come to life with so many activities going onreader directly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447218639</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tracey Corderoy and Steven LentonStevenson_Garden|title=Shifty McGifty and Slippery SamA Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=52|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two dogs with half baked idea for what thy think will be Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the perfect crime - despite their previous failures. human psyche when he wrote ''The dogs prepare a wonderful feast to lure their intended victims out, making cupcakes, pies, buns Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and every sort of baked treat you can imagine. They have a wonderful time baking, Mr Hyde'' but all the while they are planning he did not restrict himself to rob all representations of their guests when the party is in full swinggothic and the persecuted. The feast is a huge successHe also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but the robbery is another disaster. A small act of kindness and a heart felt apology results in forgiveness, and a wonderful idea for a new careeragain, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857631462</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robert L Forbes and Ronald SearleDonaldson_Treasury|title=Beast Friends Forever!A Treasury of Songs|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|rating=34
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=We're never far away from spring, when Some people have all the thoughts of the whole animal kingdom turn to love - or at leastskills, not only is Julia Donaldson one aspect of it wethe most successful children'd better not mention in s authors, but she can also carry a book for tune. For the very young such as this is. Skunks need to smell nicepast few years, elephants she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and crickets need to make the right noises to attract a mate, while others can just celebrate their being together in different waysplays them during open readings, whether they be real love birds or grizzly bearsreleases them as part of a songbook. The whole wildlife love life is hereFor the first time, A Treasury of Songs brings together several of her books in one omnibus and it also has a very chaste and harmless mannerCD too of Donaldson singing the songs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1590208080</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roger StevensWoollard_Kipling|title=What Rhymes With Sneeze?Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories|author=Elli Woollard and Marta Altes|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Poems often seem to lose their appeal as Now, whatever our age, there are probably a few books that we get olderhave all encountered at some point in our childhoods. They become tricky things have stood the test of time to such an extent that must be interpreted and understood and written about in essays rather than the instantly enjoyable experiences they are when you're have become a child. This book contains a wide variety piece of our culture common to so many of poemsus, written by and are known throughout the author but also some written world. One of them is by other poetsRudyard Kipling, who brought a child's sense of wonder and the author uses them his own Victorian absurdist set of explanations to show children about the different sorts play in a dozen examples of poetry, various rhyme schemes and how to go about writing your own poems toowarm whimsy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408155761</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tariq Kurd and Laura Robertson|title=The Quest In A Vest (Gordon shrugging off evolution he got to convey how the Goblin)|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Gordon the Goblin is more than a little fed up because he rhino skin is so small ill-fitting and not big rumpled, how the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, and tough like all of how the other goblinselephant got such a thing as his trunk. They are all fearless hunters and go off on exciting adventures whilst Gordon is left behind. He decides that there is nothing else for it but to set out on In doing so he entertained his very own quest even though he feels very nervous at the thought of it. He approaches the chief goblin who laughs at himyoung daughter, not knowing she would die as a child long before deciding to send him off to capture he produced a dragon book-length collection and way before he saw something into print that has lasted ever since. Just in case these tales are not for one moment thinking that Gordon will succeed. It does look like an impossible feat especially as Gordon does lack strength your young audience yet (and muscles. Maybe thoughit won't be long, trust me), he will be able to use his brains you can start them in early with this lovely and charm rather than relying on brute forcebright adaptation. Will Gordon be able to find a dragon and actually persuade him that he wants to be captured and what will happen if he does? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907762051</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Harris_Rhyming|title=Neil Griffiths I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Janette LoudenImmature Grown-Ups|titleauthor=Hats Off!Chris Harris and Lane Smith
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary='Hats Off!' is a wonderfully entertaining book that is written entirely in rhyme. It starts by asking if the reader has ever thought about how many hats they might have been bought and whether a hat actually looks good on their head or not. The author, Neil Griffiths, then goes on to suggest that there are:
 
''Hats too big, too tight''<br>
''and too small,''<br>
''Hats that just shouldn't''<br>
''be worn at all!''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434839</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
|title=Sticky Ends
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=This is In the sniffy world of literary poetry, people seem to be able to knock together a book of funny rhymes and dozen verses in which rather disgusting and gruesome things happen 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 characters involvedyoung – most poetry books, after all, have a lot more blank space in them than routine volumes, with each one getting and people compile their comeuppancebest arrays of very few words in between two covers and bingo, they have a book, and twenty minutes later bingo, you've read it. Tony Ross obviously had a wonderful time illustrating That's most certainly not the book case here, for this is crammed with everything from noseswhat has to be considered a major outpouring of wit and rhyme. And whatever age you are, dripping and whatever experience with blood as theyverse you may have, this will not seem to you like someone're pinched off right through to Father Christmas using the toilet..s first book of poetry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392501</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John FosterGoss_600|title=See You Later, EscalatorDoctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who)|author=James Goss and Russell T Davies
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Always 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 sucker few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a good poetry anthology here at BookbagTime Lord and that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Fosterhe has space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same veinre working on a shorter timescale, with poems from the likes of Tony Mittona shorter lifespan, Michael Rosenand thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, Michelle Magorian and Brian Pattenwell my advice is pretty much the same.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731831</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0956503527|title=There's A Lion In My Bathroom
|author=Giles Paley-Phillips
|title=There's A Lion In My Bathroom
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=This collection of nonsense poetry takes in all sorts of subjects, from wannabe magicians to armpits, and from failed cowboys to a girl with springs for feet. It's all very silly, all very nonsensical, and good fun. A proportion of profits are being donated to [http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research].
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{{Frontpage|isbn=0192731831|title=See You Later, Escalator|author=John Foster|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Always a sucker for a good poetry anthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Brian Patten. }}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1849392021|title=There's An Alien In The Classroom
|author=Gervase Phinn
|title=There's An Alien In The Classroom
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=''There's An Alien In The Classroom'' is a collection of 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 broad overview of poetry. With themes including school, families, seasons, Bonfire Night, Nativity plays and going to the dentist, there's something to appeal to every child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392021</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1408304589|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby
|author=Penny Dann
|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and Three Blind Mice, to Sing A Song Of Sixpence. With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, all the big names are presented in a beautiful compendium that you'll treasure for years.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304589</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0141324511|title=Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
|author=Michael Rosen
|title=Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=When he was little, Michael Rosen's dad remembered all the bad things he'd done and reminded him of them when appropriate, so Michael imagined he'd written them all down in a Big Book of Bad Things. Here he presents the eponymous poem, as well as many many other tales of childhood, from the horrors of being a second late to school, to making a raft, to going to a café. Some bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderful.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=033051086X|title=The World At Our Feet
|author=Paul Cookson
|title=The World At Our Feet
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=With the World Cup just around the corner, football is on everyone's lips. Paul Cookson, Poet in Residence at the [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum], has compiled the best football poems for young children.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>033051086X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192729934|title=Whizz Bang Orang-Utan
|author=John Foster
|title=Whizz Bang Orang-Utan
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Subtitled ''rhymes for the very young'', you know what you're getting with ''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's a poetry anthology, with sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and of course whizzing and banging orang-utans.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729934</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0230745865|title=In My Sky at Twilight
|author=Gaby Morgan (editor)
|title=In My Sky at Twilight
|rating=4
|genre=TeensChildren's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Off the back of the success of Stephenie Meyer's [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]] series there has been a boom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. 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>
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{{newreview
|author=Children's Trust
|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Celebrities, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Grady, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds from the book go to [http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/ The Children's Trust]. 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>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen
|title=A To Z - The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To Zephaniah
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Michael Rosen has picked the best modern children's poetry, from John Agard through to Benjamin Zephaniah. 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>
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{{newreview
|author=Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey
|title=Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A Lion
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Hilaire Belloc's ''Cautionary Tales For Children'' are rightly lauded as classics. Mini Grey (also [[Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey|rightly lauded]]), has illustrated one of these fine tales, so that a new generation of children can discover just what happens when you run away from your nurse and a lion eats you. Pay attention kids.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224083678</amazonuk>
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{{newreview|author=Mandy Stanley |title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Favourites|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|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 Star'' is part of such a new series called ''Time for a Rhyme'', published by Harper Collins and illustrated by Mandy Stanley known for her [[The Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|Lettice]] stories and other picture books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=T S Eliot|title=Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=In 1939, TS Eliot's cat poems for his godchildren were first published. Seventy years and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical later, they're republished here, complete with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, best known for his work Move on to [[The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson|The GruffaloNewest Confident Readers Reviews]].|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571240615</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Spike Milligan|title=The Magical World of Milligan|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Some people you just have to love. It's the law. Spike Milligan was always fantastic, and he's much missed. He's got the perfect mix of nonsense, heart, and surreal humour. He speaks to people of all ages, and he's just plain lovely. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Carol Ann Duffy|title=New and Collected Poems for Children|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|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>}} {{newreview|author=Harry Horse|title=Higglety Pigglety Pop! And Other First Poems|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=A poetry anthology that includes Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, AA Milne, Lewis Carroll and Michael Rosen is immediately worth a look. They're timeless classics that everyone has read and has had read to them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323144</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Debi Gliori|title=Noisy Poems|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Any book of poetry that starts with Spike Milligan and ends with Roger McGough will get the thumbs up from me. Noisy Poems is full of just that: poems about sounds, with trucks honking, ducks quacking, trains clickety-clacking and shoes squeaking. It's awash with alliteration and rhythm. It's crying out to be read aloud and joined in with.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323195</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Foster|title=Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I was recently subjected to a good 20 minutes of the rude version of Happy Birthday in Catalan, even though it was neither my birthday nor am I Catalan. I responded with the ol' squashed tomatoes and stew version that we all know and love, for a very restrained 15 minutes. Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar is packed full of such things. Kids love those sort of rhymes, and childish adults love 'em too. Whilst Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar isn't exactly rude, it does have a cheeky glint in its eye, a muddy splash on its new shoes, and gleeful laughter throughout.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192755811</amazonuk>}}