To a child, joy comes in the simplest of forms. With this in mind Cyndy Szekeres offers this happy collection of verses, filled with her delightful animals. For reading and sharing together, these poems remind all families what children already know: that life is filled with wonderful things -- we just have to know where to look for them.

A Small Child's Book of Cozy Poems contains a variety of short poems with matching visuals. The poems in the book are not related therefore the book does not have a central message. However, each of the short poems has their own meanings that can be interpreted by the reader. ( )

This book is important to me because I got it from my mom the exact month and year my little sister was born. A collection of short poems by such writers as Margaret Wise Brown, Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, and Marchette Chute, all illustrated with rabbits, mice, cats, bears, and other animals. ( )