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Top Of The Rhymes
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 08/10/2009 15:55:20
A new survey reveals the nation’s favourite nursery rhymes
In a Booktrust survey of the nation’s favourite rhymes, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was named the top nursery rhyme in all regions, apart from the north east, where Incey Wincey Spider topped the charts. So what were the chart-topping nursery
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Junior Ocado book offer
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 07/02/2011 18:29:34
Get a beautiful nursery rhyme book free with our March issue at Ocado
With its merry throng of sweet modelling clay figures, we love this First Picture Nursery Rhymes book from Usborne. Rendered in sturdy board book form, the collection includes favourites like Mary Had A Little Lamb and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
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Junior's shopping list this month
By Junior on 01/01/2010 00:00:00
Jan Constantine's embroidery, Mielie seating cubes and nursery rhyme prints have all caught Junior's eye
cotton. It costs £275 for a 35cm sq cube and £375 for 45cm sq at Cape Gem.* This Pussycat Pussycat print is part of a collection of nursery rhyme prints given a modern twist by Samantha Morris. It measures 29cmx29cm and costs £40.
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 51-60
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 09:15:25
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
51. Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake Red Fox, £5.99Dahl illustrator Quentin Blake has written some wonderful books for small children. Mister Magnolia is a poetic joy in which our hero possesses lots of wonderful objects, animals and even two sisters, but he only has one boot!Buy...
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 91-100
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 08:50:40
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
91. Little Miss Muffet Counts To Ten by Emma Chichester Clark Red FoxA clever twist on the nursery rhyme, in this pretty picture book, the spider persuades Miss Muffet not to run away and in return two, three, four and more other creatures arrive
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Super skipping games
By Fiona McKim on 23/09/2011 10:42:45
Take a trip down memory lane with these fun childhood games
skipping rope and usually one other person. The one I remember most is this one:I like coffee, I like teaStart off skipping on your own. As you skip, say the following rhyme, including your friend’s name:“I like coffee, I like tea. I like Julie in with me
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Repeat, repeat, repeat
By Fiona McKim on 18/07/2011 17:58:36
Practice makes perfect for inquisitive young minds
limited memory. This accomplishment is hugely satisfying as the pleasure of being able to master a story or nursery rhyme is a relatively new one and can award enjoyable feelings of pride.With this knowledge it is important to not only tolerate, but encourage
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Birdsong - tweet all about it!
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 20:22:17
Feathers fly in riotously raucous picture book Birdsong by Ellie Sandall
, so some of their features have crept into my own birds! I consciously didn’t make them real birds as I would have felt obliged to match them with their real calls, which would have limited me in terms of finding rhyming pairs.What do you like about
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Too Many Girls (surely not!)
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 17/06/2011 15:39:30
Jonty Lees battle-of-the-sexes tale was highly-commended in our category for Most Promising New Talent
books, with a delightfully playful ode about the trials and tribulations of being Man About The House. Written in the most jaunty of rhymes, our stubbly hero, always clad in boyish blue, is in revolt against the tyranny of twirlers and hatches a
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In the October issue of Junior magazine
By Junior on 10/09/2009 16:04:59
Available on newsstands now
would your child make of these nostalgic delights today? Hey Diddle DiddleCats with fiddles, blind mice and a dopey shepherdess who keeps losing her sheep... Ah, yes, the long lost rhymes of our childhood are making a comeback Gently Does ItAfter nine
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