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Allie Esiri’s beautiful gift anthology, A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year, is the perfect introduction to poetry for every child and includes stunning illustrations by Emily Faccini. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with every child, it is filled with 366 familiar nursery rhyme favourites including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Hey Diddle, Diddle, See the Little Bunnies Sleeping, Oranges and Lemons, Little Miss Muffet, She Sells Sea Shells, Round and Round the Garden as well as new rhymes from Floella Benjamin, Brian Bilston, Rod Campbell, Giles Andrea, Julia Donaldson and Michael Rosen making it the perfect book to read together. Each month includes rhymes on different themes: January:
Allie Esiri, who read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University, is an accomplished curator and host of live poetry events at The National Theatre, The Bridge Theatre, and at Hay, Oxford, Bath and Cheltenham literary festivals. Her anthology A Poem for Every Day of the Year was in the best books of the year list in The Times and the Observer and the audiobook is read by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale. Her previous anthology, A Poem for Every Night of the Year was a best book of the year in The Times and the New Statesman and won the IBW 217 book award.
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