This collection of over 150 popular and traditional nursery rhymes will delight children of all ages. All the favourites are here - easy rhymes such as Humpty Dumpty, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Mary Mary, Quite Contrary as well as sing-along verses such as Oranges and Lemons and I Had a Little Nut-Tree. There are plenty of rhymes you may not have heard and well-known limericks from Edward Lear.

The rhymes are accompanied by 30 beautiful full-colour illustrations by Margaret Tarrant, an Edwardian artist who is still regarded as one of the finest illustrators of children's books.

There is a wide choice of short verse to be learned by heart, or longer poems that will supply endless hours of contented reading. Parents and children alike will enjoy dipping into this charming collection. A perfect first book of nursery rhymes that your child will treasure forever.