Poems

One of the most fun genres to read aloud is poetry.  Poetry is so fun because anything goes!  There are no rules!  Poems have silly words, rhyming words, made up words and sometimes they even tell a story.  One must have for every children's book collection is a great poetry anthology and I have found one!

Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young is a collection of over 100 poems by a variety of authors.  The poems were complied by Jack Prelutsky, who is an amazing children's poet himself. The book is nicely organized with a two page spreads featuring poems on the same theme or topic. You can find a poem about almost anything in this book.  Some poems you might have heard before but there are several that are unfamiliar.

We like to read a couple of poems from the book every night before bed.  My son already has his favorites!  He really enjoys the poem "Holding Hands" which is about elephants that hold hands by holding tails and "Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!" a silly poem that is similary to "Hickory, Dickory, Dock."

I forgot to mention that each poem has an illustration paired with it that toddlers love to examine while reading!  You will spend hours snuggling with your little one reading the poems in the book!  Check it out now!

Happy Reading!
Laura