Rhymes on Lion, Monkey, Elephant etc make learning all the more interesting for the kids. Enjoy the trip to the animal kingdom.

Here are just a few of the Animal Rhyme stories inside: ANOLE LIZARD becomes a Pig. BORZOI Puppy is a riot. CHINCHILLA has a Pet GORILLA. GNUS steal shoes! MOA didn’t make it to Noah’s Ark. TORTOISE dreams of being a Ninja athlete. WHALE ‘drops out’ and regrets it. ZINGEL FISH meets Santa in my dreams.

Here’s a sneak look at who’s inside and what they get up to. ALLIGATORS—a sort of joining BUSTARD—big bird, no taste CATBIRD—a bird that eats cats? DOG—a sad hound story EEL, SEAL—no dinner today FISH (Grouper)—an awful mistake GUMMY SHARK—beware! HORSE, GOAT—a mixed marriage INVERTEBRATES—let’s hear it for the little guys! JACKRABBIT—making a monk of himself KANGAROO—(don’t tell Mama, this one’s naughty) LORIS—a sort of Dinosaur? MICE—what the farmer’s wife didn’t know . . . or did she? NEWT—an unpleasant event OWL—a horror movie PUFFERFISH—an overblown reputation QUAIL, RAIL—seeking the Holy Grail RETRIEVER—a love story SPIDER—watch what you drink, Miss Muffet! TRITON, CHITON (Mollusks)—sparring partners UROCHORDATE (Sea Squirt)—this story goes nowhere VARANUS (Lizard)—a fairy wizard saves her life! WORM—size matters XENOPUS (Frog)—a repaired blow-up YETI—the very first spelled word! ZIPHIUS (Whale) + Friends—whale mail AT THE ZOO—a field trip for you

Best-selling children's author Kaye Umansky and well-loved illustrator Chris Fisher have teamed up again to produce the latest in the Nonsense Rhymes series. There are poems about, amongst others, a chess-playing cheetah, a wolf called Keith and a gorilla who eats vanilla ice-cream! The funny, colourful illustrations capture the humour in the poems as well as they did in the previous two books in the series. Kaye Umansky's first book, Pongwiffy, won the Nottinghamshire Book Award and has sold over 150,000 copies. She has written and published picture books, song books, rhymes and novels for Puffin, Bodley Head, HarperCollins, Hodder, A and C Black and the BBC. Kaye has also won The Times EducationalSupplement Award for Junior Music Book of the Year. Chris Fisher is well-known for his vivid, lively illustrative style, and has illustrated over 40 titles for Walker Books, Hodder, Puffin, Scholastic and HarperCollins.

This book introduces a splendid animal world to the children with extremely short rhymes. It contains 45 fantastic "telltale" animal pictures, each of which matches a 20-syllable (four-line) poem stanza. First three stanzas for the group of animals (chick-hen-rooster) are as follows: Even though I am just a chick, I'll jump o'er brick. I'm not timid, Sky's the limit. We must respect the modest hen. Stays in a pen. Takes no school bus; Makes no big fuss. How handsome a rooster may look! Can't read a book! Loud he may crow; What does he know? The verses are "short, pithy, to the point," as one reviewer, a doctor, commented. As such, they should hold the attention of children with even the shortest attention spans. It also provides them with food for thought like assorted chocolates, which may whet their appetite for more learning! The following is a journalist's comments: "In this charming work in the genre of 'one-minute poems,' Vicki Lee captures the essence of animals in playful, onomatopoeic language. 'Animal Phonics for Children' is a modern take on Aesop's fables, exploring aspects of the human condition through parallels with animal behavior." -Rob Curran, contributor, The Wall Street Journal

Rhymes, Riddles & Reasoning Activities to Make Kids Think. When one of these activities is added to the daily group time, children have opportunities to actively practice skills in visual discrimination, listening, creative thinking, problem solving, and talking in front of their peers. The 10 to 15 minute activities encourage young students to ask questions, take risks, brainstorm, and apply previously acquired information.