"Poetry is a child's first introduction to the joy of language and to the enchanted world of books. Poetry's lilting rhythms and rhymes, and its short, simple sentences and clever repetition of key words and phrases start children's eyes, minds, and hearts dancing along the rhythmical lines of poetry and into a lifelong love of lyrical language. It is the joyous power of poetry that turns listeners into reader and readers into writers. With each turn of the page, wander through starry nights, winter wonderlands, sunny seascapes, and magical dreamlike settings in this stunningly illustrated treasury that holds 101 of the best, most-beloved children's poems from Charles Ghigna, Father Goose."--Cover, page 4.