Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Here's a Little Poem, collected by Jane Yolen


Here's a Little Poem: a very first book of poetry, collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7636-3141-3
Publisher's summary: (This book) gathers poems from various parts of the English-speaking world, including Great Britain, the Caribbean, Australia, and the US. Contains more than 60 poems by...writers from Margaret Wise Brown to Langston Hughes. The collection depicts a toddler's day from dawn to dusk.
Great collection of sing-songy poems that young children will love.

A favorite of Lisa__ in New York is "The No-No Bird":
I'm the no-no bird,
That's right, that's me.
I live up in the Tantrum Tree.

I'm the no-no bird,
I won't say why
I stamp my feet
And shout and cry.

I'm the no-no bird!
I sulk and sing
No! No! No!
To everything.
---by Andrew Fusek Peters

Sounds just like a cranky toddler doesn't it?!

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