A colourful book of new children's poems that don't seem all that brilliant, but that are given with guidance to reading them out loud – giving them the requisite oomph and/or control, and the diction so many youngsters are supposed to lack. I don't think many of them are exactly 'keepers' beyond that laudable intent, however – for every "Something Wondrous" with its charming ending is a "comedy" poem about hide and seek that just isn't funny. So for me, while this didn't move out of the classroom to be home entertainment, it will still certainly work to provide lesson and recital-practice material. The rating reflects that purpose.