The "Oxford Nursery Treasury" is a collection of favourite stories and poems for young children. From "The Tortoise and the Hare" to "The Princess and the Pea", this is a selection of some of the world's best loved traditional tales. This is a wonderful choice of poetry, which includes nursery rhymes, nonsense verse, and lullabies accompany the stories. Ian Beck's beautiful artwork is known all around the world - he has even won a prize in Japan. Ian Beck's book sales are over a million copies and his picture book "Lost in the Snow" has recently been animated for TV.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Ian Beck is widely published and titles for other publishers include Lost in the Snow, Lost on the Beach, and Home Before Dark.