The Kingfisher Book of Children's Poetry

An interesting mixture - put in your thumb and you'll likely come up with a plum and it probably won't be an over familiar old favourite either. Mike Rosen has ranged over time and space for this collection which in the manner of The Rattle Bag he has organised alphabetically by author with only Ballads, Limericks, Riddles, Nonsense and Boasts separated out by form at the end. One quibble--what a pity the full colour plates are located away from the poems they illustrate.