
A beautiful treasury that every child will cherish... In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. --from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Bed in Summer" What child's bookshelf is complete without a superbly...

Featuring renowned creators of children's verse, this collection of poetry makes the perfect read-aloud and an ideal introduction to poetry's rhyme and rhythm. It includes Lewis Carroll's 'How Doth the Little Crocodile?', Kate Greenaway's 'The Cats Have Come to Tea' and Edward...