The Rainbow Book of Nursery Rhymes

Childs has illustrated 151 of her favourite nursery rhymes in this large format, bumper collection. It is arranged thematically under the headings Little Ones, Fun and Games, Food, Nature, Travelling, Funny People, and Bedtime. The nursery rhyme animals and characters executed in bright pastels have all the appeal of soft toys so that spiders and sheep, bees and beavers, crabs and crocodiles are all equally cuddlesome. Each rhyme has a whole page or double spread with the print size and leading adjusted to make it fit. As a consequence the shorter rhymes have print large enough to be used to show children the link between the words they know in their heads and the words on the page, and later for them to read for themselves. This gives the book a longer 'off-the-shelf' life than your average nursery rhyme collection. An excellent book: every nursery at home, or at school, should have one.