I received an electronic advance reading copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This book would be appropriate for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers under age six. There are a lot of poems in the book, and nearly all of them are by people who write poems specifically for children. Exceptions: Li Po, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Naomi Shihab Nye, William Makepeace Thackeray, and probably a few others. (A list of poets and authors in the book is at the end of my review.) Almost every poem has very short lines. Some rhyme, but not all. It is a good introduction to elementary prosody, and a survey of different types of poems (although not that many different types). It is nice to look at, because there are bright, cheerful illustrations on every page. There is enough content that it wouldn't get boring as quickly as certain other kiddie books that caregivers are stuck reading over and over again. There is an appeal to diversity and different types of families and residential situations. It would make a nice baby shower gift or toddler birthday gift. I particularly liked the final chapter, Poetry Activities, that encourages interaction with the poems rather than just passively absorbing them while an adult reads them.

Contents:
[Family and Friends]
New Baby - Ralph Fletcher
What Will You Choose, Baby? - Linda Sue Park
I'm Bigger - Kristy Dempsey
Happy Adoption Day - Jane Yolen
Double the Trouble - Janet Wong
Three - Chrissie Gittins
At Our House - Virginia Euwer Wolff
Abuelita - Margarita Engle
A Suitcase of Seaweed - Janet Wong
Our Blended Family - Doraine Bennett
Granny's Teapots - Michelle Schaub
Something I Did - Janet Wong
Dad - Andrew Fusek Peters
A Day to Honor Fathers - Carole Gerber
Louder Than a Clap of Thunder! - Jack Prelutsky
Sincerely - Robyn Hood Black
How to Make a Friend - Jane Heitman Healy
Friend - Philip Waddell
Compliment Chain - Mary Lee Hahn
Friends - Renee M. LaTulippe

[Feelings]
A Way Around - Naomi Shihab Nye
Alone - Ros Asquith
Anger - John Foster
Pout - Sara Holbrook
I'm Nobody! Who Are You? - Emily Dickinson
Question - Ros Asquith
I Woke Up This Morning - Karla Kuskin
Me in a Tree - Julie O'Callaghan
Poem for a Bully - Eileen Spinelli
When I'm Angry - Brenda Williams
I Wish I Had More Courage - Toon Tellegen
Don't Be Scared - Carol Ann Duffy
Rush - Jesse - Nikki Grimes
Lost - Kate Coombs
Look for the Helpers - Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
Too Shy - Linda Kalp Trout
How to Love Your Little Corner of the World - Eileen Spinelli
A Happy Kenning - Clare Bevan
Although - Tony Langham

[Animals and Nature]
Petting Zoo - Laura Purdie Salas
At the Zoo - William Makepeace Thackeray
Animal Talk - Charla Ghigna
Watch Your Step - Leslie Bulion
Zoophabet: Ants to Zorillas - Avis Harley
Let's Celebrate the Elephant - Irene Latham
Eletelephony - Laura Elizabeth Richards
The Crocodile - Lewis Carroll
Dressing Like a Snake - Georgia Heard
Trust - Padma Venkatraman
April Is a Dog's Dream - Marilyn Singer
The Moon - Robert Louis Stevenson
When the Rain Falls - Susan Taylor Brown
An Autumn Greeting - George Cooper
The Best Paths - Kristine O'Connell George
Clouds - Kate Coombs
Fish Rain - Marilyn Nelson
Who Has Seen the Wind? - Christina Rossetti
Summer Storm - Irene Latham

[Cities, Towns, and Travel]
Map of Fun - Naomi Shahib Nye
Direction - Alonzo Lopez
If Once You Have Slept on an Island - Rachel Field
First to See the Sea - Nicola Davies
Gran's Visit - Sally Murphy
Peace by Piece - Celia Berrell
Greetings - Leslea Newman
City Rain - Rachel Field
City Lights - Lee Bennett Hopkins
City Home - Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Stories - Allan De Fina
Skyscrapers - Rachel Field
Dream Train - B.J. Lee
Rickety Train Ride - Tony Mitton
Riding the Subway Train - Allan De Fina
Canoe - Juanita Havill
Night Flight - Ted Scheu
Traveling Together - Laura Purdie Salas

[Fun and Games]
All Kinds of Kids - Elizabeth Steinglass
What do you do on a nature walk? - Kate Williams
Brothers - Peter Cole
What Can You Do With a Football? - James Carter
Ice Skating - Sandra Liatsos
Tumbling - Anonymous
My Bike - Julie Larios
Song of Kites - Anonymous
Teammates - Elizabeth Steinglass
Let's Go - Merry Bradshaw
My Shadow - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Circle of Sun - Rebecca Kai Dotlich
What I Love About the Summer - Douglas Florian
Speak When This Way Talk Do I - Kenn Nesbitt
The House of This Minute - Kate Coombs
I'm Much Too Tired to Play Tonight - Jack Prelutsky
I Can... - Tony Langham
Nobody's Birthday! - Marilyn Singer
unBIRTHDAY - Vikram Madan

[Science and Art]
NOW... - James Carter
When You Are a Scientist - Eric Ode
Da Vinci Did It! - Renee M. LaTulippe
Fireworks - Celia Warren
Our National Engineers Week - Suzy Levinson
Questions That Matter - Heidi Bee Roemer
Go Fly a Kite - Laura Purdie Salas
Testing My Magnet - Julie Larios
Recycling - Susan Blackaby
garbage - Valerie Worth
Old Water - April Halprin Wayland
World Water Day - George Ella Lyon
What Do the Trees Know? - Joyce Sidman
You Ask Why - Li Po
Bluebirds - Jen Bryant
Clay - Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
My Colours - Colin West
Crayon Poem - James Carter
Make a Joyful Noise - B.J. Lee
Singing and Sashaying - Pat Mora

[Body and Health]
My Corner - Cheryl Moskowitz
Summer - Walter Dean Myers
Trudging - Anonymous
Just a Skin Thing - Coral Rumble
Bath Time - Eric Ode
Bubbles - Jacqueline Jules
What Is a Foot? - Jane Yolen
barefoot - Valerie Worth
I Sit on My Bottom - Michael Salinger
Catching a Yawn - Avis Harley
Loose Tooth, Whose Tooth? - Carole Boston Weatherford
Tooth - Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Grandfather's Chopsticks - Janet Wong
Global Gorging - Terry Webb Harshman
Breakfast - Linda Sue Park
I Eat My Peas With Honey - Anonymous
A Dream without Hunger - Michael J. Rosen
To Yahola, On His First Birthday - Alexander Posey
Growing - Tony Mitton
Winter Counting - Joseph Bruhac

[A World of Learning]
Mrs Kenning - Paul Cookson
Underwear Scare - Terry Webb Harshman
Sophie - Steven Herrick
My Needs - JonArno Lawson
Homework! Oh, Homework! - Jack Prelutsky
Time - Mary Ann Hoberman
Nature Knows Its Math - Joan Graham
Bilingual - Alma Flor Ada
One to Ten - Janet Wong
Ratty Writing - James Aitchison
Good Books, Good Times! - Lee Bennett Hopkins
The Library - Sara Holbrook
Stop! Let's Read - Kristy Dempsey
So I Picked Out a Book - Karla Kuskin
Secret Worlds - Margarita Engle
Dive into a Book - J.R. Poulter
Surprise - Beverly McLoughland
My Book! - David L. Harrison

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