A version of the cumulative song “The Green Grass Grew All Around,” set in Africa.
There Was a Tree
Rhymes/songs
Sleep Rhymes around the World
A collection of lullabies from seventeen different countries, each illustrated by an artist native to the country.
My Village
My Village is a beautiful collection featuring nursery rhymes and verses from around the world: New Zealand, China, Australia, Norway, Ireland, Tonga, Jamaica, Japan, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Indonesia, Denmark, Iran, Germany, Samoa, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, France, Holland, Iceland, and India. Readers delight in quirky, touching, and funny verses from the 22 different countries, brought vividly to life by the appealingly fresh artwork from exciting young illustrator Mique Moriuchi, who captures each verse with a uniquely beautiful and child’s-eye focus. Danielle Wright has included some familiar rhymes along with others that are less well known. Internationally acclaimed poet and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen introduces the collection, discussing the origins of nursery rhymes as well as reviewing some of his favorites. Also endorsed by the International Youth Library, this book is an essential addition to any school or library.
Time for Bed
As darkness falls parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.
The Churki-Burki Book Of Rhyme
Meet Churko and burki, the rhyming sister, and spend a day with them in their billage, playing and singing songs. Adapted from the Gond arist Durga Bai’s rendering of her own childhood in her village Paranghr, this is a merry tale of fun and rhyme.
Humpty Dumpty And Friends
Meet old favorites like Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee and, of course, Humpty Dumpty. Then make new friends with some less-known rhymes like Robin the Bobbin, the Three Wise Men of Gotham, and the Lion and the Unicorn. Oleg Lipchenko has selected twenty traditional rhymes to illustrate with his enormously skillful and witty images. Perfect for gift-giving, this book demands to be shared. It is a book for both lovers of of art and of nursery rhymes.
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes
A collection of nursery rhymes in English and Chinese, some originating from each tradition, interspersed with facts about Chinese culture and traditions.
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns
In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.
Circus Carnivore
In rhyming nonsense verse, a young girl explains how the creatures who live in her head affect her behavior.
Boo to a Goose
A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.