Portions of the text reflect colloquial language. A warm story about celebrating Christmas as an extended family. Bennett, Jill, ed. An excellent introductory anthology of children's poetry from more than 40 writers. Selections, each delightfully illustrated in coloured pencil, focus on children's everyday happenings, seasonal weather, and animals.
Poems are short and of varied rhyme and rhythm patterns.
Index of first lines. Index of poets. Rey, H.A. and Margaret Rey. This is the first adventure in the popular series of books about George, the monkey whose curiosity brings constant trouble. Books in the series contain well-defined central characters and interesting conflict about problems often faced by children.