The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Peters, Andrew Fusek Yolen, Jane, Compiler

Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry

108 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-3141-3 $21.99

(3) PS Illustrated by Polly Dunbar. This collection includes sixty-one poems, arranged thematically, that celebrate a child's day. The well-selected pieces include familiar works and some that are lesser known. The poems' varied rhythms and rhyme schemes, child-friendly wordplay, and age-appropriate topics make this book a good starting point for sharing poetry with young children. Dunbar's lively mixed-media illustrations bounce and tumble over the pages. Ind.

Reviewer: Aishah Abdul-Musawwir