The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems Paperback – 3 Aug. 2000

I loved this bright and colourful book. Great collection.

My five and a half year old granddaughter usually drags her feet when I suggest reading practice, though she loves being read to. However, she loves reading these poems. The language is simple enough for her to read with help, there are short ones and long ones, and lots of illustrations too, which makes it look appealing and accessible. She is just getting into humour, and having picked her way through a short poem, was delighted at the funny punchline, and wanted to practise it so she could read it aloud fluently to her grandpa. And then another and another. We got it from the library, but I have now ordered our own copy from Amazon.

If you are a new grandparent MAKE SURE you get one of these to read to them, covers many ages and stages. Lots of fun to read.They will adore 'Big Bert and the Cushion' and love 'Katerina Wilhelmina Theodora Dobson who goes home for dinner' and very soonbe reciting bits back to you.

Bought for 6yr daughter who showd interest in poetry at school. She really loves this book, it has a good mix of funny and traditional poems and I regularly find her reading this on her own.

We got the shortened version as part of the Bookstart scheme, which we loved, but worth buying this full version as there's even more good poems. Great for reading time when the kids are fed up of "reading scheme" books. Often read at bedtime with my two children and I taking it in turns to choose and read a poem. Many of them we have read over and over again.

Our 8 year old grand-child and the rest of the family have great fun with this book, which is filled with excellent illustrations next to poems that demand to be read. Its now a regular treat to circulate the book and take turns to read verses. Good to find poems from the old favourites, like Robert Louis Stevenson and Ted Hughes. But its the fun element that makes it a winner.

Super book with great poems and rhymes and wonderful illustrations. Perfect for my 4yr old to be read to and I’m sure he’ll love it to read them himself when he gets a little older.

My 1 and 4 year old girls love this book! My 4 year old giggles constantly when reading it together and the illustrations give my 1 year old something to look at. There are so many poems split into sections, makes it easy to find a certain one. Such a great book for children.

Bought this for my 3 year old nephew. He absolutely loved it and can recite the whole book already. The rhymes are like a whiff of fresh air even for adults

Raccolta di poesie per bambini, divise per argomenti. Belle le illustrazioni

I stumbled upon this book quite by accident. While I trying to look for a book to introduce poetry to my 4.5 year old. It covers various themes, animals, night-time, meal-time, family etc and is a mix of known poets like R L Stevenson to the obscure 'anon'. With the humour and silly nonsensical poems, the book is a perfect first introduction to poetry. Beautifully illustrated, this book is a favourite. Mine as much as the kiddos :)

Fantastic book... Super illustrations..

The printing and paper quality is amazing but sadly the content does not make sense. A kid interested in poetry is not very keen to read it.