title: Let's Have A Bite! A Banquet of Beastly Rhymes
author: Robert Forbes (Author), Ronald Searle (Illustrator)
genre: children's/ nursery ryhmes
pages: 79
published: ARC/ release date September 16, 2010
rated: 3 1/2 out of 5
With rhymes like Hugh the Emu, The Rhino's Wine, The Inchworm Sprint and Flick the Fly, coupled with great illustrations to match, Let's Have A Bite! A Banquet of Beastly Rhymes makes for a fun book to read to the kiddies in your life.
There are 33 rhymes in this book, all about different animals, koalas, bears, pandas and monkeys and some of these animals aren't always being nice. I really liked this funky collection, and my daughter(10) and I read them together. This one would make a great gift as well, especially if you're looking for something a little different than your everyday children's nursery rhymes.
My friend Lala,
A cuddly-snuggly koala,
Lives at the zoo.
Kids think she is cute
But it's not true!
Lala is a nasty brute.
When she spies her keeper she spits,
And throws tantrums and fits
If her dinner is not what she wants,
Or the weather's too stormy for jaunts.
Lala is not a nice girl at all!
-quoted from Ooh, Lala! p.27
About the Author
Robert Forbes serves as the Vice President of the Forbes family business as well as the President of the life style magazine Forbes Life.
