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, Dont You Cry, mingle with traditional lullabies from around the world. Here are beautiful lyrics to sing or read to little ones, from Shakespeares lullaby for the fairy queen, Titania, to Brahmss Lullaby; and from Gershwins Summertime to Langston Hughess lovely lullaby for a night black baby. Here, too, are poems for children that range from tender to nonsensical, from quiet to raucousfrom Walter de la Mare to T. S. Eliot to Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and Ogden Nash.