There are twenty-three rhymes, nursery rhymes, action rhymes, nonsense rhymes and poems in this small anthology. Many come from picture books such as a double page spread from Ten Little Fingers Ten Little toes illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. This book was also released with a different cover and title - The Walker Book of First Rhymes.
The Walker Treasury of First Rhymes is from 1996 (my edition 2002) so it is out of print but I am talking about it here because this book is a perfect springboard to discover authors and illustrators - hopefully you already know lots of these names - but in my mind, in a family, you could make a list of the contributors to this book and then take that list to your local library and find more books to share in your family. This also harks back to one of my topics this year - building your field knowledge. I have read that this book is the second in a series from Walker Books - there was also one filled with Animal stories.
This is a very distorted picture of the contents:
Who is inside this book? There are lots of names I know really well. Creators who have books I highly recommend:
Helen Craig is famous for her Angelina Ballerina book series. I also love her three books that begin with The Night of the Paper Bag monsters.
Nicola Bayley has illustrated other nursery rhyme books, but my personal favourite is The Mousehole Cat.
Emma Chichester Clark has illustrated so many books but for this post I will mention her Blue Kangaroo series which are perfect to read aloud.
Sarah Fox-Davies another illustrator whose work I love. Look for Little Beaver and the Echo.
Arnold Lobel this is one hugely famous name - think of Frog and Toad and his Little Bear series. I also own a wonderful poetry anthology with his illustrations.
Michael Foreman illustrates a wide range of books. You often see his work alongside books by Michael Morpurgo. My own favourite is for slightly older readers:
Charlotte Voake - check out my recent Meet the Illustrator post.
Clara Vulliamy is the daughter of Shirley Hughes. She has created some terrific junior book series which I highly recommend you add to your school library such as Mango and Bambang and Dixie O'Day.
Shirley Hughes - here is my tribute post.
Michael Rosen - you know him for so many books but probably his most famous is We're going on Bear hunt illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. And this year they have teamed up again to create another picture book together very reminiscent of the classic book by Pat Hutchins Don't forget the Bacon.
Helen Oxenbury - read more here. My favourites are the very old series about Tom and Pippo - if you ever find these hold them close - they are truly SO special and should never have gone out of print.
Catherine and Laurence Anholt have written over 200 books. You are certain to find some in your local library.
Quentin Blake has written and illustrated over 500 books. Right now you can visit exhibitions of his work in Dorset UK, Salford UK and in Marseille in France! You have seen his work in books by Roald Dahl.
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