The Horn Book Guide

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Yolen, Jane

Wee Rhymes: Baby's First Poetry Book

112 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | March, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-4898-8 $19.99

(4) PS Illustrated by Jane Dyer. A celebration of babies written for very young children, this volume has seventy-five short nursery-rhyme poems, mostly Yolen's originals with a few from Mother Goose. Many of the original rhymes are bouncy and silly, but too many lack the energy and "singsong, sing-along rhythm" described in the introduction. Pencil-and-watercolor illustrations of a multiethnic cast of joyful-looking babies and toddlers will hold tots' attention. Ind.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley