Sally Go Round the Stars by Sarah Webb, Claire Ranson and Steve McCarthy

 

A marvellous collection of Irish rhymes to delight any child, beautifully illustrated in this attractive board book.

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Sally Go Round the Stars, in its first format, was an absolutely beautiful book, and this version, although smaller, is no less lovely. The editors have chosen a selection of the rhymes from the original book to reprint, illustrations and all, in this board book that's the perfect size for small hands and a great match for O'Brien's other toddler books.

The pages are sturdy and the whole thing is well put together. The cartoony illustrations go perfect with the rhymes. I do have to say, though, I learned it as 'There was an OLD man called Michael Finnegan' and I stumbled over the line when I realised they didn't have the old in there!

This is definitely a book to come back to again and again, a great introduction to Ireland's wonderful heritage of words.