Everybody Was a Baby Once

By Allan Ahlberg

Illustrated by Bruce Ingman

Meet witches, snowmen, lizards and favourite nursery-rhyme characters in this joyful poetry collection for infants of every age!

One day a boy went walking, and walked into a store. He bought a pound of sausages, and put them on the floor. The boy began to whistle, he whistled up a tune. And all the little sausages danced around the room... The inspired creators of The Runaway Dinner are proud to serve you up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp for children of every age. Nineteen poems, funny, wistful, delightfully illustrated, introduce a merry cast of babies, witches, sausages, robbers and favourite nursery-rhyme characters that will enchant everybody who is – or was – a baby!

Categories: Rhymes and Poems

For readers aged: 5+

  • Publication details:
  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781406321562
  • Published: 05 Apr 2010
  • Price: £9.99
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  • Size: 215 x 168 mm
  • Pages: 64

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'Brilliant collection of poems' Junior Magazine

'A vibrant, rhyming romp that celebrates the joy of being a child. It is beautifully packaged.' The Bookseller

'The charming illustrations make these first steps towards understanding the science of motion irresistible.' Irish Post

'funny, wistful, remarkable... a book that you will still read to children in 200 years' ABC Magazine

'a delightfully illustrated and whimsical read.' Junior

'These poems are full of infectious, song-like qualities, and they will provide young readers and listeners with access to archetypal characters in humorous and often quirky contexts.' The Irish Times

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