Here's a Little Poem is a collection compiled by Andrew Fusek Peters, Jane Yolen. There are over fifty illustrated poems by English and American authors, including Wendy Cope, Roger McGough, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Colin McNaughton, Jack Prelutsky, Langston Hughes and more. It’s a lovely introduction to poetry for very young children.
'Like the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose, the verse in Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters’s Here’s a Little Poem is blessed with catchy rhythms... With a wonderful range of choices and Polly Dunbar’s inviting illustrations, this could become a favorite lap book. ' New York Times
IBBY Honors List for 2008
Published by Walker Books 2008
'Like the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose, the verse in Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters’s Here’s a Little Poem is blessed with catchy rhythms... With a wonderful range of choices and Polly Dunbar’s inviting illustrations, this could become a favorite lap book. ' New York Times
IBBY Honors List for 2008
Published by Walker Books 2008