LITERATURE
Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Climb into My Lap: First Poems to Read Together

(4) PS Illustrated by Kathryn Brown. Whether one is looking for silly poems, finger plays, or poems about a secret place, Hopkins's collection for very young children has something for everyone. In addition to poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, and David McCord, the book includes new work commissioned for this volume. Brown's watercolors add fanciful settings for the fifty-three poems, although some pictures feel heavy and overworked. Ind.

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