| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
104 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Summary |
A collection of poems for children with the various themes of self, family, going outside, and when it is time for bed. This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one's library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured. Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston Hughes to A. A. Milne. Greeting the morning, enjoying the adventures of the day, cuddling up to a cozy bedtime - these are poems that highlight the moments of a toddler's world from dawn to dusk. Carefully gathered by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters and delightfully illustrated by Polly Dunbar, HERE'S A LITTLE POEM offers a comprehensive introduction to some remarkable poets, even as it captures a very young child's intense delight in the experiences and rituals of every new day. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Here's a little foot / Wendy Cope - A circle of sun / Rebecca Kai Dotlich - Something about me / Anonymous - I am Rose / Gertrude Stein - Bananas and cream / David McCord - Dressing too quickly / Jill Townsend - Halfway down / A. A. Milne - Just watch / Myra Cohn Livingston - Jam on toast / Gareth Owen - Soggy greens / John Cunliffe - Baby fingers / Nikki Grimes - Your birthday cake / Rosemary Wells - Baby in a high chair / Jack Prelutsky - Sugarcake bubble / Grace Nichols - Candles / Wendy Cope - Happy birthday! / traditional British street rhyme - The no-no bird / Andrew Fusek Peters - Piggy back / Langston Hughes - Cat kisses / Bobbi Katz - Mum is having a baby! / Colin McNaughton - Chicks / Eric Finney - My puppy / Aileen Fisher - Hamsters / Marci Ridlon - Grandpa / Berlie Doherty - My sister / Margaret Mahy - Ivy says / Philip Waddell - Brother / Mary Ann Hoberman - The older the violin the sweeter the tune / John Agard - A musical family / John Mole - August ice cream cone / Paul B. Janeczko - Ice cream cone / Heidi E. Y. Stemple - Recipe for green / Jane Yolen - Berries / Lilian Moore - Bumble bee / Margaret Wise Brown - Beach time / Marilyn Singer - Sand house / J. Patrick Lewis - The swing / Robert Louis Stevenson - I'm small / Lilian Moore - Kick a little stone / Dorothy Aldis - Paper songs / Gerda Mayer - Rain / Spike Milligan - April rain song / Langston Hughes - Mud / Flanders and Swann - Rickety train ride / Tony Mitton - Tide and seek / Andrew Fusek Peters - After a bath / Aileen Fisher - Grandma's lullaby / Charlotte Pomerantz - Bed / Anonymous - Night bear / Lee Bennett Hopkins - In bed with cuddly creatures / Wes Magee - Manhattan lullaby / Norma Farber - Late last night / Michael Rosen - Sleepy song / Clare Bevan - Silverly / Dennis Lee - Mrs Moon / Roger McGough - You be saucer / Eve Merriam - Stargazing / Marilyn Singer - No need to light a night-light / Anonymous - Dream maker / Jane Yolen - The early morning / Hilaire Belloc - As the crow flies / Leslea Newman. |
| Subject |
Children's poetry, American.
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Children's poetry, English.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Yolen, Jane.
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Peters, Andrew (Andrew Fusek)
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Dunbar, Polly.
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| ISBN |
9780763631413 trade bdg. |
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0763631418 trade bdg. |
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9781428735903 BWI bdg. |
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1428735909 BWI bdg. |
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