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''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.}}{{Frontpage|classisbn=Esiri Poem|title=A Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Allie Esiri|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a fun and easy commitment to take on. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-"wikitable" cellpaddinghundred poems in here there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly.}}{{Frontpage|isbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Stevenson_Garden|title=A Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=2|genre=Anthologies|summary=Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.}}

<!-- Donaldson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Donaldson_Treasury| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|A Treasury of Songs[[image:Donaldson_Treasury.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509846131?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509846131]] Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4|genre===[[A Treasury of Songs by Julia Donaldson Children's Rhymes and Axel Scheffler]]===Verse [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Some people have 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 song booksongbook. 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. [[A Treasury of Songs by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Stevenson -->|-isbn=Woollard_Kipling| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories|author=Elli Woollard and Marta Altes[[image:Stevenson_Garden.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910959103/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Children's Rhymes and Verse| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Child's Garden Now, whatever our age, there are probably a few books that we have all encountered at some point in our childhoods. They have stood the test of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes time to such an extent that they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and Verse|Childrenare known throughout the world. One of them is by Rudyard Kipling, who brought a child's Rhymes sense of wonder and Verse]] Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case his own Victorian absurdist set of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself explanations to representations play in a dozen examples of the gothic and the persecutedwarm whimsy. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, In shrugging off evolution he did not restrict himself got to prose writing because here convey how the rhino skin is so ill-fitting and rumpled, how the whale learnt he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. [[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson|Full Review]] <!-- Woollard -->|cannot eat humans, and how the elephant got such a thing as his trunk. In doing so he entertained his young daughter, not knowing she would die as a child long before he produced a book-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Woollard_Kiplinglength collection – and way before he saw something into print that has lasted ever since.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509814744/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Rudyard KiplingJust in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and it won's Just So Stories by Elli Woollard t be long, trust me), you can start them in early with this lovely and Marta Altes]]===bright adaptation.}}{{Frontpage[[image:4.5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and VerseHarris_Rhyming|Childrentitle=I's Rhymes and Verse]]m Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups|author=Chris Harris and Lane SmithNow|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=In the sniffy world of literary poetry, whatever our age, there are probably people seem to be able to knock together a few books that we have all encountered at some point in our childhoods. They have stood the test of time dozen verses and get an audience of twenty people to such an extent that buy a pamphlet, and they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and are known throughout the worldcall themselves published authors. One of them is by Rudyard KiplingYou get a similar thing at times with poetry for the young – most poetry books, after all, who brought have a child's sense of wonder lot more blank space in them than routine volumes, and his own Victorian absurdist set people compile their best arrays of explanations to play very few words in between two covers and bingo, they have a dozen examples of warm whimsybook, and twenty minutes later bingo, you've read it. In shrugging off evolution he got to convey how That's most certainly not the rhino skin case here, for this is so ill-fitting and rumpled, how the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, crammed with what has to be considered a major outpouring of wit and how the elephant got such a thing as his trunk. In doing so he entertained his young daughterrhyme. And whatever age you are, not knowing she would die as a child long before he produced a and whatever experience with verse you may have, this will not seem to you like someone's first book-length collection – and way before he saw something into print that has lasted ever sinceof poetry. Just in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and it won't be long, trust me}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Goss_600|title=Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who), you can start them in early with this lovely |author=James Goss and bright adaptationRussell T Davies|rating=4. [[Rudyard Kipling5|genre=Children's Just So Stories by Elli Woollard and Marta Altes|Full Review]] <!-- Harris -->Rhymes and Verse|-| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Harris_Rhyming.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509881042Consider 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?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509881042]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord and that of some of his friends and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris and Lane Smith]]=== [[image:4enemies.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] In the sniffy world of literary poetryAs luck would have it, he has space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, people seem so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be able to knock together a dozen verses pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get an audience of twenty people to buy himself ready. And if you're working on a shorter timescale, with a pamphletshorter lifespan, and they call themselves published authorsthinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same. You get a similar thing at times with poetry for the young – most poetry books, after all, have a lot more blank space in them than routine volumes, and 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 most certainly not the case here, for this is crammed with what has to be considered a major outpouring of wit and rhyme. And whatever age you are, and whatever experience with verse you may have, this will not seem to you like someone's first book of poetry. [[I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris and Lane Smith|Full Review]] <!-- Esiri -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Esiri Poem.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509860541/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a fun and easy commitment to take on. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly. [[A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri|Full Review]] <!-- Goss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Goss_600.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785942719?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785942719]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]], [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] 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 life of a Time Lord and that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has the 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're working on a shorter timescale, with a shorter lifespan, and thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same. [[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies|Full Review]] <!-- Foster -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0192731831.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192731831/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[See You Later, Escalator by John Foster]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[See You Later, Escalator by John Foster|Full Review]] <!-- Paley-Phillips -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0956503527.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956503527/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[There's A Lion In My Bathroom by Giles Paley-Phillips]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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]. [[There's A Lion In My Bathroom by Giles Paley-Phillips|Full Review]] <!-- Phinn -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1849392021.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849392021/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[There's An Alien In The Classroom by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] ''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. [[There's An Alien In The Classroom by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]] <!-- Dann -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1408304589.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408304589/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby by Penny Dann]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby by Penny Dann|Full Review]] <!-- Rosen -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0141324511.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0141324511/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen|Full Review]] <!-- Cookson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:033051086X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/033051086X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The World At Our Feet by Paul Cookson]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[The World At Our Feet by Paul Cookson|Full Review]] <!-- Foster -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0192729934.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192729934/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster|Full Review]]|}  {{newreview}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0956503527|title=There's A Lion In My Bathroom|author=John Foster|title=Whizz Bang OrangGiles Paley-UtanPhillips

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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gaby Morgan (editor)0192731831|title=In My Sky at TwilightSee You Later, Escalator|author=John Foster|rating=4.5|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 Always a sucker for a boom in vampire novels aimed good poetry anthology here at teenagersBookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. In My Sky at Twilight is perhaps one of ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the most unusual books to come out likes of this craze as it is a collection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the seriesTony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Brian Patten.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230745865</amazonuk>

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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey033051086X|title=Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A LionThe World At Our Feet|author=Paul Cookson|rating=54|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Hilaire BellocWith the World Cup just around the corner, football is on everyone's ''Cautionary Tales For Children'' are rightly lauded as classicslips. Mini Grey (also Paul Cookson, Poet in Residence at the [[Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey|rightly lauded]http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum]), has illustrated one of these fine tales, so that a new generation of compiled the best football poems for young 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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