In this enchanting and comprehensive collection, the lullabies we all were rocked to sleep with, such as "Rock-a-Bye Baby" and "Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry," mingle with traditional lullabies from around the world. Here are beautiful lyrics to sing or read to little ones, from Shakespeare's lullaby to the fairy queen Titania, to "Lullaby and Good Night" (Brahms's "Lullaby"), to Langston Hughes's lovely song for a "night black baby." Here, too, are poems for children that range from tender to nonsensical, from quiet to raucous--from Walter de la Mare to T.S. Eliot to Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and Ogden Nash.
Whether the intent is to sooth or to amuse, there's something her for every mood, every child, and the child in every adult. A delightful, gift-perfect collection.

Diana Secker Tesdell is the editor of the Everyman's Pocket Classic anthologies Christmas Stories, Love Stories, Dog Stories, Cat Stories, Horse Stories, New York Stories, Bedtime Stories, Stories of Art and Artists, Stories of Fatherhood, Stories of Motherhood, Stories of the Sea, and Stories from the Kitchen, and of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poet Lullabies and Poems for Children.