The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry

Absolutely excellent book of poetry for children of all ages. =) My parents bought it for my son when he was just a few months old. He's now 2 1/2 and I've just started reading it to him. He LOVES it. The book runs the gamut from nursery rhymes for little ones, to poetry by Coleridge, Browning, Whitman, and Shakespeare. There are illustrations on every page with a preponderance of large colourful ones in the front of the book where the nursery rhymes are. This book (or maybe it's just my edition, I don't know) comes from England so it has delightful little things in it like a young boy eating "chips" out of newspaper to illustrate the "one potato, two potato" poem. =) Some of the poems are the original English wording as well, thus "Ring around the Roses" has "Atishoo" instead of "Ashes". This book is also a wonderful resource for the the Homeschooling Family as it can be used for all ages. It is pleasantly presented and is eye-catching. Highly Recommended.