Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, "No one better recognizes the essence of the child-poetry connection than poet and anthologist Jack Prelutsky. . . . Here are more than 200 little poems to feed little people with little attention spans to help both grow. Marc Brown's inviting illustrations add a visual dimension to the poems, which further engage young imaginations." The poems are by 119 of the best-known poets of the 20th century.

This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Poetry) in Appendix B.

Author: Jack Prelutsky
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/12/1986
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 11.92h x 9.02w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780394872186
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1998 pg. 408 - Superior,Well Above Average
PW Notes and Reprints 03/08/2004 pg. 76
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 457 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 457 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 11/28/1986
School Library Journal 12/01/1986
Publishers Weekly 03/08/2004

About the Author
Jack Prelutsky was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended New York City Public Schools and studied voice at the High School of Music and Art. He enrolled in Hunter College in Manhattan but left soon after "to become a beatnik". Jack has been a cab driver, a busboy, a photographer, a furniture mover, a potter, and a folk singer. He enjoys bicycling, playing racquetball, woodworking and cooking. He lives in Washington State with his wife Carolynn and a vast collection of poetry books and frogs in every shape, size, and form -- except living! There was a time when Jack couldn't stand poetry. In grade school he had a teacher who left him with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. He rediscovered poetry in his twenties, and he decided that he would write about things that kids really cared about, and that he would strive to make poetry delightful. He has been writing poetry for more than twenty years and has published more than three dozen books for children.