Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
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Compiler: Jack PrelutskyIllustrator: Marc Brown
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1986-10-12
ISBN: 0394872185
Number of pages: 112
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Book Review: Cool introduction to rhymes for young kids
Summary: 4 Stars
The book begins by laying things out clearly (Introduction): ". . .most adults forget that long before children become great asking machines, they are great listening machines. . . . The relevance of all this to a collection of poetry is demonstrated by the fact that the first sound a child hears is actually a poem--the rhythmic, rhyming beat-beat-beat of a mother's heart. . . . Unlike the toys we buy our children, poems cannot break."
This is a book of rhymes for younger children, by a whole variety of people. Some of the authors whose verse is used: Rose Fyleman, Evaleen Stein, Rachel Field, Ivy Eastwick, Lilian Moore, Anita Posey, Norah Smaridge, and many others.
Some cute works that struck my fancy. . . Rachel Field:
"Sing a song of picnics,
Bread and butter spread,
Greenery all around about,
And cherries overhead."
A lament from William Cole:
"It's such a shock, I almost screech,
When I find a worm inside my peach!
But then, what really makes me blue
Is to find a worm who's bit in two!"
Or a piece by Gwendolyn Brooks:
"Do you ever look in the looking glass
And see a stranger there?
A child you know and do not know,
Wearing what you wear?"
Anyhow, an affecting little book that parents can read to their kids--and maybe their kids to them, too.
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