A Great Big Cuddle - Poems For The Very Young

We are delighted that today Michael Rosen has been awarded this year's CLiPPA Children's Poetry Award for his book “A Great Big Cuddle - Poems For The Very Young”. He jointly won the award with Sarah Crossan for her verse novel “One”. We were lucky enough to recently receive a copy of Rosen’s book to review and we included it in our 366 Books in 366 Days reading challenge. Here are our thoughts on his award winning collection:

A superb collection of energetic poems for young children. Full of repetition, rhythm and rhyme, these playful poems are such a fun way to explore language with little ones. They cover everything from mangos to monsters! We enjoyed them so much that we got through the entire collection in one sitting. We have since read the poems over and over again. Our favourite is "Let Me Do It!" A fantastic rhyming poem, which we are fairly certain is written about our two year old. Just like the child in the poem, he is fiercely independent and determined to do everything for himself!  

The collection is written by Michael Rosen, poet and author of "We're All Going On A Bear Hunt". The fabulous illustrations are from the award winning Chris Riddell. A great book from a great duo!

This book along with many more can now be purchased via the Poetry Collections section of our Amazon Store (affiliate links).

Disclaimer: We received a copy of this book as Family Reviewers for The Guardian Children's Books Website. All views are our own unless otherwise stated. This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about what this means click here.