My Village: Rhymes from Around the World

In a new edition of this special book, 22 nursery rhymes from Iran to Iceland and Samoa to Switzerland have been carefully chosen and beautifully illustrated by Mique Moriuchi. A celebration of cultural diversity, each poem appears in its original language (19 languages are included) next to an English translation so young children can delight in quirky, touching and funny verses from all over the world.

CONTENTS: 6 – Introduction 8 – New Zealand ‘Big Whale’ 10 – China ‘Little Friends, Hand in Hand’ 12 – Australia ‘Grandfather 14 – Norway ‘Rain’ 16 – Ireland ‘The Little Donkey’ 18 – Tonga ‘Spotty Spider’ 20 – Jamaica ‘Tingalay-o!’ 22 – Japan ‘Song of Kites’ 24 – Zimbabwe ‘Beautiful Bird’ 26 – Fiji ‘Tapioca’ 28 – Indonesia ‘My Village’ 30 – Denmark ‘Snowman Frost’ 32 – Iran ‘Let’s Play’ 34 – Germany ‘Dance, Little Child, Dance!’ 36 – Samoa ‘Savalivali’ 38 – Switzerland ‘Joggeli, can you Ride?’ 40 – Russia ‘Hush You Mice’ 42 – Brazil ‘If This Street Were Mine’ 44 – France ‘What is my Hand Doing?’ 46 – Holland ‘Kortjakje is always sick’ 48 – Iceland ‘Bye, Bye Blacking’ 50 – India ‘Bathtime’ 52 – Credits and acknowledgments