Ideas for Poems
Libraries will have collections of rhymes and poems for young children.
The following are pretty well reviewed on-line:
- The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems
- Pick and Mix Poetry collected by Julia Donaldson
- The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry
These are well-known poems that are worth reading:
- Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich by Shel Silverstein
- Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen
- The Tyger William Blake
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
- Song of the Witches by Shakespeare
- Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah
- The Night Mail by W H Auden
- The Sound Collector by Roger McGough
- Silver by Walter de la Mare
- Morning has Broken by Eleanor Farjeon
- Sing a Song of People by Lois Lenski
