It also fosters their language development. The poems are categorized according to the topics like self, animals, seasons, seashore, bedtime, and adventure which can become a springboard for introducing certain topics. This way, the book becomes ideal for a thematic curriculum. It also contains foreign and classic poems like Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day" which may help children appreciates poetry at an early age. From an adult's perspective, I like the book since it contains a lot of my well-liked poems like "The Owl and the *****cat," "Psalm 23," "The Road Not Taken," "Keep a Poem in Your Pocket" among others. From an early childhood educator's point-of-view, the...

It may be sturdy but the book is relatively bulky and heavy for a preschooler's hands to handle. The children may also not appreciate the small font size of the text since they are taught that print carry meanings, and some aesthetic illustrations of the book may not give justice to the meaning of the poems.
Bibliography

Hyperion Contributors (2003). "A 2006 ALA Notable Children's Book" Retrieved March 28, 2007 at http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/board/displayBook.asp?id=1545

Kennedy, Caroline (2005). "A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children" NY: Hyperion/Hyperion Books for Children.