A selection of bird-themed rhymes specially recorded for National Bookstart Week by Tina Fellows, winner of the Bookstart Rhymetime Award.

Five Little Owls

Little Robin Redbreast

Two Little Dickie Birds

Five Little Ducks

Ten Little Chickens

Penelope The Penguin

Goosey Goosey Gander

Old MacDonald Had A Farm

The rhyme A Hedgehog Is Very Prickly sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

A Hedgehog is Very Prickly - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Five Little Speckled Frogs sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

Five Little Speckled Frogs - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Little Peter Rabbit sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

Little Peter Rabbit - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary read by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - read by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Round and Round the Garden sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

Round and Round the Garden - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

Row, Row, Row Your Boat - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme There's a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden sung by Bookstart Coordinator Ben Lawrence for National Bookstart Week 2017 - BookTrust

There's a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden - sung by Ben Lawrence

The rhyme Waves On The Sea sung in English

Waves On The Sea

The rhyme Once I Saw an Octopus spoken in English.

Once I Saw an Octopus

The rhyme Five Little Seashells sung in English.

Five Little Seashells

Welsh-language recording of Rownd A Rownd for BookTrust Cymru.

Rownd A Rownd

Welsh-language recording of Seren Fechan for BookTrust Cymru.

Seren Fechan

Sawl Bwci Bo? / How Many Bwci Bo?

Gwrando ar Am Dro Gyda Maia yn Gymraeg

Yr Arth A'i Llyfr Arbennig

Pwy sy'n Cuddio Ar y Fferm / Whos Hiding on the Farm?

Yn Debyg Ond Gwahanol / The Same But Different

Octopus Shocktopus in Welsh // Octopws Sioctopws yn Gymraeg

Booktrust - Y Deinosor Bach Yma

Doctor Who and Broadchurch star David Tennant reads the opening of How To Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell's new book The Wizards of Once.

David Tennant reads the opening of Cressida Cowell's The Wizards of Once

Listen to an extract of Liam Neeson reading The Polar Express.

Liam Neeson reads from The Polar Express

The rhyme Five Little Monkeys sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust / Pyjamarama.

Five Little Monkeys

The Rhyme Dingle-Dangle Scarecrow sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust / Pyjamarama.

Dingle - Dangle Scarecrow

The rhyme Car, Car, Truck, Jeep sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust / Pyjamarama.

© Katrina Charman 2018. Published and reproduced by permission of BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN’S BOOKS, an imprint of BLOOMBURY PUBLISHING PLC.

Car, Car, Truck, Jeep - Rhyme

The rhyme See the Little Rabbits Sleeping sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust / Pyjamarama.

Song words reproduced by permission of CYP Music Limited. www.kidsmusic.co.uk © CYP Music Limited

See The Little Rabbits Sleeping

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom - rhyme sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - rhyme sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Star Light, Star Bright - rhyme sung by Natasha Baker for BookTrust

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