Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Poems about picnics, pretending, and puppies make this book the book to introduce little ones to poetry about the world around them. Jack Prelutsky, one of today's most respected children's poets, has selected more than 200 short poems--old favorites, traditional rhymes, and humorous verses--that will delight young listeners. The poems cover a wide range of experiences in a young child's life, from everyday events to special days to the world of the imagination.

Marc Brown, author and illustrator of the popular Arthur series, uses colored-pencil illustrations and borders to unify the poems, helping to create a pleasing, lively collection to carry children from their preschool years into the early elementary grades. As Jim Trelease tells us in his introduction to the book, "Unlike the toys we buy our children, poems cannot break." (Ages 2 to 7)

• The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
• Poems to Learn by Heart
• The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
• It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
• The Next Step in Guided Reading: Focused Assessments and Targeted Lessons for Helping Every Student Become a Better Reader
• Teaching through Text: Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (2nd Edition)
• Next Step Forward in Guided Reading An Assess-Decide-Guide Framework for Supporting Every Reader
• A Child's Book of Poems
• A Child's Garden of Verses
• Mother Goose Treasury: A Beautiful Collection of Favorite Nursery Rhymes