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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?ieJulia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|rating=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509846131]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary===[[A Treasury of Songs by Some people have all the skills, not only is Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler]]=== [[image:4starone of the most successful children's authors, but she can also carry a tune.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Some people have all the skillsFor the past few years, she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and plays them during open readings, not only is Julia Donaldson one or releases them as part of the most successful children's authors, she can also carry a tunesongbook. 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 book. For the first time A Treasury 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|rating=4.jpg5|leftgenre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|linksummary=http://wwwNow, whatever our age, there are probably a few books that we have all encountered at some point in our childhoods.amazon.coThey have stood the test of time to such an extent that they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and are known throughout the world.uk/dp/1910959103/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Child's Garden One of Verses them is by Robert Louis Stevenson]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; Rudyard Kipling, who brought a child's sense of wonder and his own Victorian absurdist set of explanations to play in a dozen examples of warm whimsy. In shrugging off evolution he delved deep into got to convey how the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll rhino skin is so ill-fitting and Mr Hyde'' but rumpled, how the whale learnt he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic cannot eat humans, and how the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories elephant got such a thing as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, his trunk. In doing so he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here entertained his young daughter, not knowing she would die as a child long before he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. [[A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson|Full Review]] <!produced a book-- Woollard -->|-| 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.coJust in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and it won't be long, trust me), you can start them in early with this lovely and bright adaptation.uk/dp/1509814744/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] }}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Harris_Rhyming|title===[[Rudyard KiplingI's m Just So Stories by Elli Woollard No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Marta Altes]]==Immature Grown-Ups|author=Chris Harris and Lane Smith [[image:|rating=4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Nowsummary=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 dozen verses and get an audience of time twenty people to such an extent that they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of usbuy a pamphlet, and are known throughout the worldthey call 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 whimsy. In shrugging off evolution he got to convey how the rhino skin is so ill-fitting book, and rumpledtwenty minutes later bingo, how you've read it. That's most certainly not the whale learnt he cannot eat humanscase here, and how the elephant got such for this is crammed with what has to be considered a thing as his trunkmajor outpouring of wit and rhyme. In doing so he entertained his young daughterAnd 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 }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Goss_600|title=Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (and it won't be long, trust meDr Who), you can start them in early with this lovely |author=James Goss and bright adaptation. [[Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Elli Woollard and Marta Altes|Full Review]] <!-- Harris -->Russell T Davies|-rating=4.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Children's Rhymes and Verse[[image:Harris_Rhyming.jpg|left|linksummary=https://wwwConsider the Doctor.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1509881042Just 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:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes enemies. 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You get a similar thing at times with Verse|summary=This collection of nonsense poetry for the young – most poetry books, after takes in allsorts of subjects, have a lot more blank space in them than routine volumesfrom wannabe magicians to armpits, and people compile their best arrays of very few words in between two covers and bingofrom failed cowboys to a girl with springs for feet. It's all very silly, they have a bookall very nonsensical, and twenty minutes later bingo, you've read itgood fun. That's most certainly not the case here, for this is crammed with what has A proportion of profits are being donated to be considered a major outpouring of wit [http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and rhymeLymphoma Research]. And whatever age you are, and whatever experience with verse you may have}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0192731831|title=See You Later, this will not seem to you like someoneEscalator|author=John Foster|rating=4.5|genre=Children's first book of Rhymes and Verse|summary=Always a sucker for a good poetryanthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. [[I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids 'See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris and Lane Smith|Full Review]]Brian Patten. }}<!-- Esiri -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1849392021| styletitle="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]] <!-- Morgan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0230745865.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0230745865/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[In My Sky at Twilight by Gaby Morgan (editor)]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[In My Sky at Twilight by Gaby Morgan (editor)|Full Review]] <!-- Children's Trust -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:140632650X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/140632650X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems by Children's Trust]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] 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. [[The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems by Children's Trust|Full Review]]|} {{newreviewThere's An Alien In The Classroom|author=Children's Trust|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite PoemsGervase Phinn

|summary=Celebrities''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 [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]]school, families, Paul O'Gradyseasons, Sienna MillerBonfire Night, McFly Nativity plays and Lorraine Kellygoing to the dentist, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds from the book go there's something to appeal to [http://wwwevery child.thechildrenstrust}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1408304589|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby|author=Penny Dann|rating=4.org.uk/ The 5|genre=Children's Trust]. It's a fantastic charityRhymes and Verse|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, who help disabled childrenfrom Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and I urge you Three Blind Mice, to Sing A Song Of Sixpence. With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, all to buy the big names are presented in a copy of beautiful compendium that you''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' to support themll treasure for years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632650X</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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''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 Move on to [[The Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|LetticeNewest Confident Readers Reviews]] stories and other picture books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>}}