It's A Small World: International Nursery Rhymes

Here you will find preschool rhymes from around the world for something a little different to the usual mother goose kids rhymes! Imagine life without world music or ethnic food - that's what a child's reading life would be like without international kid's books and poems - so spice up their literary diet and enjoy some armchair travelling for babies, toddlers and the young at heart!

This project is a contribution to the NZ Diversity Action Programme (Human Rights Commission). Don't forget to send in children's poems and rhymes from your own culture and to let us know interesting facts or seasonal traditions to upload to this site for everyone to share. If you have a couple of minutes, please take our survey:

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Above illustration courtesy of Mique Moriuchi (www.miquemoriuchi.com), illustrator of our award-winning book, My Village, Rhymes from Around the World - available to buy in our shop. 

It's a Small World . . . because small will one day grow to be big.