mat_tobin 's review for:

A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young by Michael Rosen

5.0

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I found this a gorgeous collection of poems. There is plenty of word play and nonsense words based around enjoying sounds and Riddell's illustrations, in a rare moment for me, seem to find the right balance between the words. I didn't think Riddell work would well with the younger child but he absolutely gets the fascination with colour and shape and size - just a wonderful match. The book itself is of a chunky, caring and sharing size too. The editing around the presentation of use of words and pictures to equally share the poem is wonderful. This is a classroom must (probably for any primary age in all honesty).