This is a fabulous and extensive collection of over 300 poems for the youngest child. It ranges from familiar verses such as 'There Was A Crooked Man' to poems that aren't so well known like 'Goose, Moose and Spruce' or 'Names of Scottish Islans To Be Shouted In A Bus Queue When You're Feeling Bored!'
Fiona Waters is an inspired anthologist and her lively selection of poems are gorgeously illustrated by a new illustrator Ailie Busby who brings bright colours, clear outlines and a terrific sense of energy and fun to the book.
This also features a friendly wizard to help and entertain you. For anyone who feels a little fearful of poetry, the wizard will help them choose an appropriate verse for their child. The book starts with a double page spread on which the wizard shows the reader all sorts of different poems: about the weather and seasons; that play word games; about secrets; animal poems; adventure poems; poems to count with; poems about magic and so on. The wizard also asks questions which will set the children searching to and fro through the book for answers. The final pages in the book has the wizard saying goodbye with some more questions and riddles to guess.
'Time For A Rhyme' is a value-packed book, beautifully thought out for its age group, gorgeously illustrated in colour on every page and with imaginative extras that make it the ideal family purchase.
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