ISBN 0-646-364-510

THEMES INCLUDE: animals and pets, Australiana, fantasy & magic, Christmas, Easter, families, limericks, mumps and lumps, nature, rap, occupations, prayers, school, the seasons, - and lots of comical "characters".

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Authors:

Illustrated by Linda McLaughlin
and Dulcie Meddows
175 poems by seven Australian authors
192 pages of poems for children 3 - 10
(includes biographies of authors and
informative reviews.

Beginning with short poems for 3 - 5 yr olds
it progresses through the age groups until it ends with a sensitive poem about a corroboree. Between the pages it covers comical and sensitive situations within the scope and experience of this age group.

HERE WE GO AGAIN
by Annette Kosseris
I taught our baby
How to do
Just what I thought
He ought to do.

Then, proud of him,
My work all done…
Mum went and had another one!
And here…we go….again!....... (p. 13)

SOUNDS
by Katherine Blowen
"Wheeeeee!" sings the kettle,
"Come to meeeee!
It's time to make a cup of tea!"
"Baaaaaa" is what the lambs all say
As they gambol and play in the fields all day.
"Cluck-cluck-cluuuuck! There's an egg!"
Says the little hen,
As she lays one more in the chicken pen.
................................................... (p.46)

THE QUIZ by Annette Kosseris
I can tie my shoelaces,
And I can tie a knot.
Yesterday I made a bow
To put on the baby's cot.

I can tie up ribbons,
And I can tie with string.
I can tie the dog up -
Tie nearly anything!
BUT … I know something.............(p.27)

CHICKA-CHICKA-BOO
by Annette Kosseris

We went to the zoo (Chicka-Chicka-Boo!)
In a wooden shoe (Chicka-Chicka-Boo!)

We saw a funny clown (Chicka-Chicka-Boo!)
His pants fell down! (Chicka-Chicka-Boo!)

We sailed on the sea............................(p. 33)

LET'S BE
by Katherine Blowen
Let's be goblins dancing around…
Let's be giants stamping on the ground…
Let's be policemen in the street…
Let's be soldiers with marching feet.
......................................... (p.15)

WRIGGLERS by Annette Kosseris
Wrigglers are so funny
as they swim with all their might;
but they turn into mosquitoes
and then they go and bite!
They're not funny then!
Look! One got me..........................(p.59)

HAMELTON TOWN
by Dulcie Meddows
I'm riding a camel to Hamelton town,
I'm up on its hump - that's the very big lump
Just along from its rump - and this camel's a grump
And I fear I'll fall down while riding this camel
To Hamelton town............................... (p.92)

CORROBOREE by Annette Kosseris
We wandered on
A bushland track,
Past tall ghost gums
And an old bark shack,
When suddenly we heard the sound
Of a didgeridoo
And stamping on ground!

Could it be
That we would see
Our very first
Corroboree?

With reverence.....................................(p.181)