书名：Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

读者对象：3-7岁
作者：Jack Prelutsky (编译),‎ Marc Brown (插图作者)
出版社名称：Knopf Books for Young Readers
出版时间：1986
语种：英文
ISBN：9780394872186
商品尺寸：23.2 x 1.2 x 29.9 cm
包装：精装
页数：112
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young这本诗集收录了超过200首小诗。诗歌皆选自20世纪119位著名诗人的佳作，有早晨醒来的sing-time、独自在家的hide and seek、心情郁闷的rainy day、快乐生日的five years old、热情洋溢的August heat……主题都与生活息息相关，很容易引起孩子的共鸣。

推荐理由：
1.本书被选为美国《共同核心课程标准》（Common Core State Standards）文本范例；
2.用词和句子简单，读起来朗朗上口，很适合初学者；
3.诗歌里面蕴含着道理，孩子阅读过后能够受到启发；
4.生动形象的彩色插图，吸引小读者的眼球，为诗集增色不少。

A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, “No one better recognizes the essence of the child-poetry connection than poet and anthologist Jack Prelutsky. . . . Here are more than 200 little poems to feed little people with little attention spans to help both grow. Marc Brown’s inviting illustrations add a visual dimension to the poems, which further engage young imaginations.” The poems are by 119 of the best-known poets of the 20th century.
This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Poetry) in Appendix B.

Review
“All truly easy to read aloud.”—The Horn Book Magazine

“Bound to develop an appreciation for poetry at a very young age. ”—School Library Journal

“Parents will discover it is as much fun to read as it is for the little ones to hear. ”—Chicago Tribune

“Marc Brown's pictures of children and animals, each lovingly depicted, convey the universal childhood exuberance found in each rhyme. ”—Boston Sunday Globe
Jack Prelutskywas born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended New York City Public Schools and studied voice at the High School of Music and Art. He enrolled in Hunter College in Manhattan but left soon after “to become a beatnik”. Jack has been a cab driver, a busboy, a photographer, a furniture mover, a potter, and a folk singer. He enjoys bicycling, playing racquetball, woodworking and cooking. He lives in Washington State with his wife Carolynn and a vast collection of poetry books and frogs in every shape, size, and form—except living! There was a time when Jack couldn't stand poetry. In grade school he had a teacher who left him with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. He rediscovered poetry in his twenties, and he decided that he would write about things that kids really cared about, and that he would strive to make poetry delightful. He has been writing poetry for more than twenty years and has published more than three dozen books for children.

Run A Little

Run a little this way,
Run a little that!
Fine new feathers
For a fine new hat.
A fine new hat
For a lady fair—
Run round and turn about
And jump in the air.
Run a little this way,
Run a little that!
While silk ribbon
For a black silk cat.
A black silk cat
For the Lord Mayor’s wife—
Run about and turn about
And fly for your life

Watch
Watch
how high
I’m jumping,
Watch
how far
I hop,
Watch
how long
I’m skipping,
Watch
how fast
I stop!