Best Selling Books by Mary Ann Hoberman

An expanded version of the familiar children''s song describing what the little spider does after being washed out of the water-spout.

When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever. From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I''ll Read to You series comes this new collection of poems especially suitable for learning by heart and saying aloud. With personal introductions by former Children''s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman -- as well as her own time-tested tips and tools for memorization and recitation -- and vivid illustrations by Michael Emberley featuring his trademark wit and lively characters, Forget-Me-Nots includes more than 120 works from both classic and contemporary poets, from childhood favorites to lesser-known treasures. This anthology will inspire a love of learning poetry!

A hand-clapping jump rope rhyme about a lady and an elephant.

Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate the sun''s constancy through history and around the world.

Brief poems speculating on the habits and behavior of familiar and exotic animals.

While looking outside the window, a child sees something new each day and throughout the seasons.

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An expanded adaptation of the familiar hand-clapping rhyme about a girl and an elephant.

The third boxed set is here with a CD instead of a cassette, and a reinforced double Velcro closure. The set includes board book editions of the three stories, and vocal and instrumental performances for each. Full color.

This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens after the lamb gets to school.

Mary Ann Hoberman''s first book, a collaboration with her husband Norman. In bouncing verses and droll drawings, the world of shoes is explored and celebrated. Inspired by the couple''s children, the poems pay homage to sneakers and sandals, to slippers and snow boots and skates, finally ending with: "But no matter what I wear / It''s most fun when my feet are bare!"--Her website http://www.maryannhoberman.com.

Verses relate a variety of foods, activities, smells, sounds, words, places, people, feeling, and other things perceived as being cozy.

Includes 58 poems on a variety of subjects.

Relates in verse Ned''s search for his lost cat through the pages of this book--from one to twenty-eight.

Mr. and Mrs. Muddle, a horse couple, have to learn to compromise on the one thing they don''t agree on.

Fourteen animal poems include such titles as "Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Kangaroo" and "One Half of the Giraffe."

Expands on the familiar song to include a girl, a poodle, a toad, and a rooster who, along with Yankee Doodle, open a restaurant called Yankee Doodle''s Noodles.