Special ed. for Borders Press (Ann Arbor : Borders Group, 1998) ( )

This is an excellent first poetry book for a child with over 300 rhymes and poems available. The poems are sorted into 18 categories which include such titles as "One,Two, Buckle My Shoe: counting poems", "Wakey, Wakey: poems to start the day" and "I'm a Little Teapot: action rhymes". There are the traditional poems and nursery rhymes that have survived the test of time as well as some more contemporary poetry.

The illustrations that Anna Currey has provided for each poem is in some cases rather simply but all compliment the poems superbly. This collection includes a very large number of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, A.A. Milne, and even Dr. Seuss. This is a book I would recommend for parents with young children. ( )