A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year: A beautiful collection for the family bookshelf

by Allie Esiri, Emily Faccini (Illustrator)

Allie Esiri’s beautiful gift anthology, A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year, is a definitive collection of nursery rhymes, with enchanting illustrations by Emily Faccini. The book includes 366 rhymes - traditional classics as well as favourite rhymes of today - each accompanied by an enlightening introduction. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with children of all ages.

Rhymes include ‘Oranges and Lemons’, ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ and ‘Rock-A-Bye Baby’, alongside modern songs such as 'Nellie the Elephant', 'Baby Shark' and 'Puff the Magic Dragon'; with new entries from writing stars Floella Benjamin, Brian Bilston, Rod Campbell, Joseph Coelho, Julia Donaldson and Michael Rosen, all making this the most joyful book to read together, every night of the year.

Each month includes rhymes on different

Winter, Bedtime
Love, Pancake Day
Spring, Women’s Day, Riddles
April Fool’s Day, Spring Festivals, Tongue-Twisters
May Day, Farm, Market, London
Playground Games, Animals
Weather Lore, Travel, Classics
Sea, Rivers, Outdoors
Back to School
Food, Action Songs, Halloween
History, Divali, Thanksgiving
Lullabies, Festive Rhymes

Allie Esiri's daily introductions teach the significance of the nursery rhyme; offering historical facts, answers to riddles, helpful instructions for the action rhymes, football fans’ playful variants and much more. The day-to-day format of the anthology invites readers to share one of the great nursery rhymes every day – or night – of the year.

Genres: Poetry

464 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2023

Reviews

[Manuel Messina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rich collection of nursery rhymes organized by months and by festive and seasonal themes. Reading one each evening for a year becomes a long journey that leads the reader to discover how some children’s rhymes are hidden within songs, books, and much more, showing that wordplay and rhymes have been part of humanity’s cultural heritage for many centuries and that the magical power of words never fades. A book to cherish and perhaps revisit on special occasions.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a very good book for children to read or to be read to, it also explains the reason behind the rhymes of which i found interesting.