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{{newreview| styleauthor="verticalGiles Paley-align: top; text-align: left;"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 Treasury proportion of Songs by Julia Donaldson profits are being donated to [http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and Axel Scheffler]Lymphoma Research].|amazonuk===<amazonuk>0956503527</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star{{newreview|author=Gervase Phinn|title=There's An Alien In The Classroom|rating=3.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Childrensummary=''There's Rhymes 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 Verse]]going to the dentist, there's something to appeal to every child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392021</amazonuk>}}

Some people have all the skills, not only is Julia Donaldson one of the most successful children{{newreview|author=Penny Dann|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby|rating=4.5|genre=Children's authorsRhymes and Verse|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, she can also carry a tune. For the past few years she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and plays them during open readingsThree Blind Mice, or releases them as part of a song bookto Sing A Song Of Sixpence. For With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, all the first time A Treasury of Songs brings together several of her books big names are presented in one omnibus and it also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the songsbeautiful compendium that you'll treasure for years. [[A Treasury of Songs by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|Full Review]]amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304589</amazonuk>}}

<!-- Stevenson -->{{newreview|-author=Michael Rosen| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things|rating=4.5[[image:Stevenson_Garden.jpg|leftgenre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|linksummary=http://wwwWhen 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.amazonHere 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.coSome bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderful.uk|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324511</dp/1910959103/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]amazonuk>}}

{{newreview| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Paul Cookson|title=The World At Our Feet|rating=4|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=[[A ChildWith the World Cup just around the corner, football is on everyone's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson]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>}}

[[image:2star.jpg{{newreview|author=John Foster|linktitle=Category:{{{Whizz Bang Orang-Utan|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies=3.5|Anthologies]] [[:Category:genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|Childrensummary=Subtitled ''rhymes for the very young'', you know what you're getting with ''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's Rhymes a poetry anthology, with sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and of course whizzing and Verse]]banging orang-utans.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729934</amazonuk>}}

Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into {{newreview|author=Gaby Morgan (editor)|title=In My Sky at Twilight|rating=4|genre=Teens|summary=Off the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case back of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations the success of the gothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant childrenStephenie Meyer'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. [[A Child's Garden of Verses Twilight by Robert Louis StevensonStephenie Meyer|Full ReviewTwilight]]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>}}

<!-- Woollard -->{{newreview|author=Children's Trust|-title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Celebrities, including [[image:ImageCategory:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Grady, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology.jpg|left|link=All proceeds from the book go to [http://www.amazonthechildrenstrust.coorg.uk/dpThe 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</1509814744/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]amazonuk>}}

http://www{{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.amazonIt 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.co.uk/dp|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324503</ISBN/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]amazonuk>}}

{{newreview| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Mandy Stanley |title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Favourites|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=[[Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Elli Woollard Every small child should have book (or a few) containing traditional nursery rhymes, and Marta Altes]]===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 [[image:4.5starThe Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|Lettice]] stories and other picture books.jpg|linkamazonuk=Category:{{{rating}<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]]

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 {{newreview|author=T S Eliot|title=Old Possum's Book 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 worldPractical Cats|rating=4. One of them is by Rudyard Kipling, who brought a child5|genre=Children's sense of wonder Rhymes and his own Victorian absurdist set of explanations to play in a dozen examples of warm whimsy. Verse|summary=In shrugging off evolution he got to convey how the rhino skin is so ill-fitting and rumpled1939, how the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, and how the elephant got such a thing as TS Eliot's cat poems for his trunkgodchildren were first published. In doing so he entertained his young daughterSeventy years and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical later, 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 has lasted ever since. Just in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and it wonthey't be longre republished here, trust me)complete with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, you can start them in early with this lovely and bright adaptation. best known for his work on [[Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories The Gruffalo by Elli Woollard and Marta AltesJulia Donaldson|Full ReviewThe Gruffalo]].|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571240615</amazonuk>}}

<!-- Harris -->{{newreview|-author=Spike Milligan| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Magical World of Milligan|rating=4.5[[image:Harris_Rhyming.jpg|leftgenre=Confident Readers|linksummary=https://wwwSome people you just have to love. It's the law. Spike Milligan was always fantastic, and he's much missed.amazonHe's got the perfect mix of nonsense, heart, and surreal humour.coHe speaks to people of all ages, and he's just plain lovely.uk|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</gp/product/1509881042?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1509881042]]amazonuk>}}

{{newreview| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Harry Horse|title=Higglety Pigglety Pop! And Other First Poems|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=[[IA poetry anthology that includes Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, AA Milne, Lewis Carroll and Michael Rosen is immediately worth a look. They'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids re timeless classics that everyone has read and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris and Lane Smith]]==has had read to them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323144</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4.5star.jpg{{newreview|author=Debi Gliori|linktitle=Category:{{{Noisy Poems|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[=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:Category:Childrenpoems about sounds, with trucks honking, ducks quacking, trains clickety-clacking and shoes squeaking. It's Rhymes awash with alliteration and Verse|Childrenrhythm. It's Rhymes crying out to be read aloud and Verse]]joined in with.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323195</amazonuk>}}

In the sniffy world of literary poetry, people seem {{newreview|author=John Foster|title=Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I was recently subjected to be able to knock together a dozen verses and get an audience good 20 minutes of the rude version of twenty people to buy a pamphletHappy Birthday in Catalan, and they call themselves published authorseven though it was neither my birthday nor am I Catalan. You get a similar thing at times I responded with poetry for the young – most poetry books, after ol' squashed tomatoes and stew version that we allknow and love, have for 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 restrained 15 minutes later bingo, you've read it. That's most certainly not the case here, for this Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar is crammed with what has to be considered a major outpouring packed full of wit and rhymesuch things. And whatever age you areKids love those sort of rhymes, and whatever experience with verse you may have, this will not seem to you like someonechildish adults love 's first book of poetryem too. [[IWhilst Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar isn'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids t exactly rude, it does have a cheeky glint in its eye, a muddy splash on its new shoes, and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris and Lane Smithgleeful laughter throughout.|Full Review]]amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192755811</amazonuk>}}

<!-- Esiri -->{{newreview|-author=Paul B Janeczko and Chris Raschka| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-alignA Kick In The Head: center;"|An Everyday Guide To Poetic Forms[[image:Esiri Poem.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509860541/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Confident Readers|summary===[[As the subtitle says, A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri]]=== [[image:4starKick In The Head is an everyday guide to poetic forms.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] [[:Category:ChildrenIt's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] For those who do not read much poetrya perfect primer to couplets, limericks, acrostics, for those who do not know where to startsonnets, this is a fun haiku and easy commitment to take onmany more. Reading a poem Each form has a day does not take longbrief explanation, mere minutesan example, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be then a poem that speaks to each reader directly. [[A Poem for Every Day of more detailed explanation at the Year by Allie Esiri|Full Review]] <!-- Goss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Goss_600back.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|ChildrenIt'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 wonderful educational book for some of them, say, any child (or 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 any adult who wants to stock brush 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 their basic understanding of Time Lord Verse (Dr Whopoetry) by James Goss and Russell T Davies.|Full Review]]amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763641324</amazonuk>|}}