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A major, beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes known and loved throughout Ireland. It includes favourite international, British and Irish rhymes as well as special Irish favourites.
A major, beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes known and loved throughout Ireland. It includes favourite international, British and Irish rhymes as well as special Irish favourites. Includes;
Sally Go Round the Moon
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Two Little Dicky Birds
Are Ye Right There, Michael?
Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
and many, many more!
'a cracker' Late Late Toy Show
Sarah Webb is a children’s author who combines writing with schools visits, reading and giving workshops at festivals, and teaching creative writing. She has won two Irish Book Awards for her children's books (for A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea and Blazing a Trail), as well as the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books, awarded in 2015. Sarah worked for many years as a children’s bookseller and was writer in residence for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2016/2017: she is currently the Children’s Literary Advisor to Listowel Writers’ Week. For more, visit www.sarahwebb.info
Claire Ranson was born in England where she completed a degree in English Literature and a Master's in Children's Literature. She has worked with Poetry Ireland and Children's Books Ireland. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and two children.
Steve McCarthy is a Dublin-born art maker and obsessive picture-builder. With a keen interest in colour and character, Steve has managed to sneak his singular style into many forms, from Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated feature film Song of the Sea to children’s books and projects for brands worldwide. His work won Best Illustration at the IDI Irish Design Awards 2016. For more, visit www.mrstevemccarthy.com
Steve illustrated Sally Go Round the Stars, which was nominated for Irish Children’s Book of the Year at the Energy Irish Book Awards, and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, which won!
a cracker
Late Late Toy Show
the perfect book for when sleepy heads request ‘just one more story!
Maternity & Infant Magazine
this delightfully illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes features many that will be familiar to children all around with world, intermingled with traditional Irish favourites. For those brought up in Ireland, whether still there or moved away, it will bring many nostalgic memories and will be warmly welcomed to introduce a new generation of children to Irish favourites including Two Cats of Kilkenny, The Claddagh Boatman and If You Weren't so Ballymena. The illustrations by Steve McCarthy are perfectly matched to each poem and weave around the words wonderfully
parentsintouch.co.uk
a wonderful enjoyable book
Sunday Independent
I would be very happy to use this book … my class, senior infants, have really enjoyed learning some of these rhymes and listening to the memories their parents and grandparents have as a result … I think the individual pages … could start a really good art lesson where children have to illustrate a simple poem or text
seomranga.com
beautifully illustrated by Steve McCarthy … a complete collection of old and new, silly and true rhymes that a new generation will adore. Now regarded as a modern classic …the prefect addition to any child’s bookshelf
NI4Kids.com
evocative and funny … delightful
Irish Examiner
Steve McCarthy's illustrations are fun, sweet, hilarious, detailed and beautiful
The Looking Glass
a beautiful nursery rhyme book
mylittlebabog
an anthology both to use now and treasure later
Evening Echo
sure to delight both the youngest and oldest among us … a uniquely Irish flavour
Mad About Books
delightfully illustrated
Woman’s Way
each rhyme is beautifully illustrated
Sunday Business Post Agenda
This is a book that will be enjoyed and cherished by both parents and children.
Maternity and Infant Magazine
With first-time book illustrator Steve McCarthy, Webb and Ranson have produced a collection which will awaken memories of forgotten tradition in some readers, while for others it may spark a whole new cycle of childhood rhymes to be passed to the next generation
The Evening Echo
charming
Woman's Way
There's a great selection of long and short rhymes and it's lovely to see so many distinctly Irish rhymes alongside the traditional Mother Goose collection. Steve McCarthy's quirky and colourful pictures add to the pleasure of this book.
Book Fest
Every single page is glorious ... Steve McCarthy is one of the best illustrators that I’ve come across in Ireland ... A lot of these rhymes I’d forgotten about!
The Comic Cast
a beautiful collection of nursery rhymes
eye magazine (Early Years Educator)
really good fun ... beautifully produced ... a great gift
TV3’s Ireland AM
every nursery rhyme you have ever forgotten the words to ... wacky and inventive illustrations ... children from three years upwards will be rapt - as will parents reliving their childhoods
Sunday Business Post
gentle nostalgia and lovely illustrations
Sunday Independent
well-known rhymes blend jauntily with old Irish street-chants ... The bold, colourful outline and very child-friendly illustrations by Steve McCarthy top this delightful book for children of all ages.
Irish Examiner
beautifully illustrated
Ryan Tubridy
a collection which will awaken memories of forgotten tradition in some readers, while for others it may spark a whole new cycle of childhood rhymes to be passed to the next generation
Evening Echo
it’s a real treat to find a fresh selection of nursery-rhymes ... there are rhymes here that deserve to become family favourites ... next time I take my young ones trick or treating, we will certainly be singing Hey-ho for Hallowe’en! ... grown-up reader
Armadillo Poetry Magazine
a wonderful collection of nursery rhymes and childhood songs ... beautifully illustrated ... a big thumbs up from us!
mumstown.ie
a choice pick for reading aloud to little ones
MidWest Book Review
Parents, child-care providers, and ... school teachers will find this a wonderful resource for encouraging literacy and imagination
School Library Journal
a lovely collection ... McCarthy’s illustrations bring a good deal of humor to the pages
Publishers Weekly
beautiful ... the perfect book to share and to enjoy
Mothers & Babies
Reader Reviews
This is a great book. I like the way the words rhyme and I liked the songs and singing them with my mammy & daddy who knew actions for some of them too. I think other boys & girls would really like this book. I have read it twice already and have been re
mumstown.ie on 14th March 2012
Audio available: listen to some of this book now ...
Janey Mac Me Shirt is Black: from Audiobook read by Casey Withoos:
Old McDonald: from Audiobook read by Casey Withoos:
Audiobook cover
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
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Activity sheets:
Colour your own rhyme: I've Got a Dog as Thin as a Rail ...
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Activity sheets:
Colour your own rhyme: Row, Row, Row Your Boat ...
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Activity sheets:
Colour your own rhyme: There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly ...
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