Books with title First Poems Child Tr

Norm knew he had it all! He was showered with love and affection. He was of course his owners' FIRST child. So why is life so hard when these other active "footballs" come along? And then just as he starts to feel a little settled, another furry friend gets adopted. Travel alongside Norm as he navigates sharing his space and his love with his growing family. This sweet and playful picture book reminds us that families are never perfect but yet in the end we wouldn't change anything about our own.

Tasha Tudor has illustrated with grace and delicacy this collection of favorite poems for the very young. Animals, holidays, the seasons, farm and forest, the magic world of fantasy--all the world of childhood is beautifully illumined by Miss Tudor's genius. Here are the verses of such favorite poets of childhood as Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Eugene Field, and many others. For it's wonderful words, and for Tasha Tudor's warm and colorful expression of the beauty that is poetry, this should be every child's first book.