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A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year


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No. of pages 416

Published: 2023

Great for age 5-8 years

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Allie Esiris beautiful gift anthology, A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year, is a definitive collection of nursery rhymes, with enchanting illustrations by Emily Faccini. The book includes 366 rhymes - traditional classics as well as favourite rhymes of today - each accompanied by an enlightening introduction. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with children of all ages.Familiar rhymes, riddles and tongue twisters including: Oranges and Lemons, Mary Had A Little Lamb, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, As I Was Going to St Ives and She Sells Sea Shells. Songs range from the traditional; Rock A Bye Baby, to contemporary favourites such as Baby Shark; and new rhymes from writing stars Giles Andreae, Floella Benjamin, Rod Campbell, Julia Donaldson, Brian Bilston and Michael Rosen, all making this the most joyful book to read together, every day of the year.Each month includes rhymes on different themes:January: WinterFebruary: Love, Pancake Day and Leap YearMarch: Spring and International Womens DayApril: April Fool's Day, Easter, Passover and RamadanMay: Farmyard and CityJune: Playground RhymesJuly: SummerAugust: The seaSeptember: ABCs and Back to SchoolOctober: Action RhymesNovember: HistoryDecember: FestiveAllie Esiri's daily introductions teach the significance of the nursery rhyme; offering historical facts, answers to riddles, helpful instructions for the action rhymes, football fans playful variants and much more. The day-to-day format of the anthology invites readers to share one of the great nursery rhymes every day or night of the year.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 6 years.

There are 416 pages in this book. This book was published in 2023 by Pan Macmillan .

Allie Esiri , described in a Tatler profile as 'a poetry powerhouse', is a former English stage, film and television actress, now a writer. Her iF Poems app was launched to great acclaim in November 2011 and was the Apple Editors' Choice All Time Favourite app. iF: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility was published in 2012 and The Love Book in 2014.