Everybody Was a Baby Once: and Other Poems
The irresistible duo of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman return with an original collection of wry and playful poems for young readers.They’re back! The inspired creators of THE RUNAWAY DINNER and THE PENCIL serve up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp....
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The irresistible duo of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman return with an original collection of wry and playful poems for young readers.They’re back! The inspired creators of THE RUNAWAY DINNER and THE PENCIL serve up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp. Nineteen impishly illustrated poems present a unique cast of babies and witches, sausages and robbers, and a few favorite nursery-rhyme characters sure to entice everybody who ever was a baby.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763646820 (0763646822)
Publish date: March 9th 2010
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
This collection of short poems lacks the charm of Ahlberg's collaborations with his wife Janet, both textually and visually. It's okay, but that's all. Kind of...pointless. It would be all right for small kids being newly introduced to poetry, but not as good as other earlier Ahlberg books. Furtherm...