I Can Read! Oxford Poetry for 5 Year Olds

I bought this because I gave one to another child before and he loved the poems and illustrations. Lovely present for a 5th birthday A book for a child to listen to

Surprisingly a big hit with my 6 and 8 year old daughters. The sounds and Flow of the poems are nee to them and they ask to read them again and again.

Short, funny poems. Lovely to read, lovely to listen to. Excellent.

'This poetry collection for 5 year olds comprises 35 fun, accessible poems to read together at home. Featuring a fantastic range of children's poets and four exciting themes with full-colour illustrations, this is the ideal approach to encourage a love of reading, whilst developing an understanding of poetry, meeting the new requirements of the National Curriculum. Poetry is a fun way for children to enjoy learning to read, developing their vocabulary and understanding of ideas and themes. This collection offers a wide range of poems to appeal to all children, from poems about special days such as Christmas or Chinese New Year to poems that are great to read aloud, like 'The Wuzzy Wasps of Wasperton'. The collection has been carefully selected for children in Year 1 of school and includes helpful parent notes for every poem and a glossary of key terms from the series editor and children's poet, John Foster. It is the first of three poetry collections that will support your child from learning to read in Year 1 through to understanding themes and developing vocabulary in Year 3. This collection of poetry has the perfect balance of engaging rhyme, familiar themes and amusing illustrations to promote a lifelong love of reading...'

Bought for my granddaughter who loves to read and perform, this might add another element to her thoughts

This is really useful book. My 5 year old enjoyed having these read to him and can now read them himself.

Great book but it's a bit advanced for a 5yr old

This is not a reader for 5-year-olds. And I have far better books of children's poetry than this one. I feel that it is written to be fun for adults to enjoy reading to children. The ones about family celebrations were in fact rather nice and did speak to little ones I thought. I didn't find it awful and some of the poems were ok. But for me it is no classic, and again this is much too difficult to read for most 5-year-olds.

Excellent poetry book for kids.