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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Rhymes and Verse]]==Children's Rhymes and Verse==__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Tracey Corderoy Sadie and Steven Lentonthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Shifty McGifty Maureen Duffy and Slippery SamAnita Joice|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseFor Sharing|summary=Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two dogs with half baked idea for Sadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what thy think will she should be doing. She lives by the perfect crime - despite their previous failures. The dogs prepare a wonderful feast to lure their intended victims out, making cupcakes, pies, buns River Thames at Greenwich and every sort of baked treat you can imagine. They have a wonderful time baking, but all the while they are planning she loves to rob all of their guests when the party is in full swing. spend hours at The feast is a huge success, 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 careerMaritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857631462</amazonuk>}}
''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>{{newreview''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>|author=Robert L Forbes and Ronald Searle''To the Maritime Museum''. |title=Beast Friends Forever! |rating=3|genre=ChildrenHer imagination was fired. She's Rhymes d love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and Verse|summary=Wewent back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it're never far away from spring, when s the thoughts of the whole animal kingdom turn to love - or at least, one aspect of it wewhere Nelson'd better not mention in a book for s Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the very young such as this isattendant's warning shout. Skunks need to smell nice, elephants and crickets need to When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the right noises to attract midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a mateworld of dolphins, while others can just celebrate their being together in different ways, whether they be real love birds or grizzly bears. The whole wildlife love life is herepirates, in a very chaste mermaids and harmless mannertreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1590208080</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roger StevensEsiri Poem|title=What Rhymes With Sneeze?A Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Allie Esiri
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=Poems often seem 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 lose their appeal as we get oldertake on. They become tricky things that must be interpreted Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and understood and written about with over three-hundred poems in essays rather than the instantly enjoyable experiences they are when youhere there're s bound to be a childpoem that speaks to each reader directly. This book contains }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden|title=A Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=2|genre=Anthologies|summary=Robert Louis Stevenson was a wide variety 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 poems, written by the author but also some written by other poets, gothic and the author uses them to show persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children about the different sorts of poetry's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, various rhyme schemes and how he did not restrict himself to go about prose writing your own poems toobecause here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408155761</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tariq Kurd and Laura RobertsonDonaldson_Treasury|title=The Quest In A Vest (Gordon the Goblin)Treasury of Songs|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
|rating=4
|genre=Confident ReadersChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Gordon Some people have all the Goblin skills, not only is more than a little fed up because he is so small and not big and tough like all Julia Donaldson one of the other goblinsmost successful children's authors, but she can also carry a tune. They are all fearless hunters For the past few years, she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs 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 his very own quest even though he feels very nervous at the thought plays them during open readings, or releases them as part of ita songbook. He approaches For the chief goblin who laughs at himfirst time, before deciding to send him off to capture a dragon – not for A Treasury of Songs brings together several of her books in one moment thinking that Gordon will succeed. It does look like an impossible feat especially as Gordon does lack strength omnibus and muscles. Maybe though, he will be able to use his brains and charm rather than relying on brute forceit also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the songs. 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=Neil Griffiths and Janette LoudenWoollard_Kipling|title=Hats Off!Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories|author=Elli Woollard and Marta Altes
|rating=4.5
|genre=For SharingChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary='Hats Off!' is Now, whatever our age, there are probably a wonderfully entertaining book few books that is written entirely we have all encountered at some point in rhymeour childhoods. It starts by asking if They have stood the reader has ever thought about how many hats test of time to such an extent that they might have been bought become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and are known throughout the world. One of them is by Rudyard Kipling, who brought a child's sense of wonder and whether his own Victorian absurdist set of explanations to play in a hat actually looks good on their head or notdozen examples of warm whimsy. The authorIn shrugging off evolution he got to convey how the rhino skin is so ill-fitting and rumpled, Neil Griffithshow the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, then goes on to suggest 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-length collection – and way before he saw something into print that there has lasted ever since. Just in case these tales are: ''Hats too big, too tight''<br>''not for your young audience yet (and too small,''<br>''Hats that just shouldnit won't''<br>''be worn at all!''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434839</amazonuk>long, trust me), you can start them in early with this lovely and bright adaptation.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Harris_Rhyming|title=Jeanne Willis I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Tony RossImmature Grown-Ups|titleauthor=Sticky EndsChris Harris and Lane Smith|rating=34.5
|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
|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
|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
|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.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0141324511|title=Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
|author=Michael Rosen
|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
|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.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192729934|title=Whizz Bang Orang-Utan
|author=John Foster
|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.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0230745865|title=In My Sky at Twilight
|author=Gaby Morgan (editor)
|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.
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