Honey for You, Honey for Me: A First Book of Nursery Rhymes

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From Childrens Laureates Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, the bestselling team behind A Great Big Cuddle, comes a first book of nursery rhymes.

Flying pigs, wobbling plates of jelly and a giant who trembles whenever he meets a mouse: welcome to the topsy-turvy world of nursery rhymes. Inspired by his lifelong fascination with these peculiar poems, Michael Rosen has placed familiar playground songs alongside forgotten gems for a seminal new collection.

Brought to vivid life by Chris Riddells magnificent pictures, expect familiar faces, from little Jumping Joan to Miss Mary Mack but also plenty of surprises With forty rhymes to choose from, this book is sure to prove a bedtime favourite.

"Huggable and exuberant makes you want to smile and stomp to the rhythm." The Sunday Times on A Great Big Cuddle

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Michael Rosens unusual collection of clapping, skipping and counting rhymes is selected for sound as much as sense; and Riddells illustrations of buses and trains, of diverse children, and of animals from bats to bears, have a circus vibe and full-on cuteness. A joyful gift book for babies and toddlers acquiring language. * The Times & The Irish Times *
For small children, Honey for You, Honey for Me is Michael Rosens take on nursery rhymes, written to be chanted aloud, with adorable pictures by Chris Riddell. Some are tweaked for contemporary sensibilities, but children wont mind. Riddell is an illustrator with an exquisitely fine line and a strongly individual style, who turns from political cartoons to story books with astonishing ease. * The Spectator *
Parents of little ones and those working in early years settings will love this book full of quick, repeating chants and songs, often funny, which can help toddlers and pre-schoolers develop their language skills, practise sounds and have fun following along. * BookTrust *

Author Bio

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular authors for children. His bestselling titles published by Walker Books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, A Great Big Cuddle, Little Rabbit Foo Foo, Michael Rosens Sad Book, Tiny Little Fly and What Is Poetry. Michael received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for distinguished services to childrens literature in 1997, and was the Childrens Laureate from 2007 to 2009. He is a distinguished critic and academic, Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He also presents radio programmes for the BBC, and is a political commentator. Michael lives in London.

Chris Riddell is one of the country's finest children's book illustrators, and was Children's Laureate from 201517. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal three times for Pirate Diary, Gulliver's Travels and The Sleeper and the Spindle. He is a political cartoonist for the Observer and has collaborated with Paul Stewart on the extremely popular Edge Chronicles and Muddle Earth series. In recent years he has had success writing and illustrating his own books, including the Ottoline stories and Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, which won a Costa Book Award and is currently working on an illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard. Chris lives in Brighton.