Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Lullaby and good night--sweet songs bring sweet dreams. From "Golden Slumbers" and "Rock-a-bye, Baby" to "All the Pretty Horses," "Dance to Your Daddy," and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," these loving lullabies are toddlers' all-time favorites. Tender lyrics, illustrated with Linda Bleck's gentle pic ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Driftwood Dragons is a collection of thirty-four lyrical seaside poems for children. Inspired by the coastline and accompanied by whimsical illustrations, these poems are celebrations of the coastal environment. From an ode to a beach flea to a short conversation with a snail, Driftwood Dragons perfectl ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
A Creature is a children's picture book that aims to build appreciation for an animal that contributes greatly to daily life, in a way that does not personify the animal. The story is a series of poems that form a narrative about a rooster and a flock of chickens. Whilst the book does not pl ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Few people alive today had direct experience of the First World War, and yet it seems embedded in the collective consciousness of the combatant nations as a warning to future generations of the futility of military conflict. Our awareness of the terror, loneliness and desperate hope endured by the men w ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Reading Level: From 4 To 10
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. An innovative, stunningly illustrated picture book that celebrates the role of fathers in black families. Includes contributions from 12 poets. Illustrated in full colour throughout. Suitable for all ages. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award. 'This stun ...Show more
Category: Gift Books
Annual 2 contains all-new material for 9- to- 13-year-olds. The result is a highly original, contemporary take on the much-loved annuals of the past - all in one beautiful package. Alongside familiar names publishing for children - Gavin Mouldey, Sarah Johnson, Ben Galbraith, Barry Faville, Giselle Cla ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap. First published by Macmillan in 1876, Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem, The Hunting of the Snark, features an unl ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Celebrated picture book creators Chris Raschka and Vladimir Radunsky offer one possible answer to the age-old question: Who was Mother Goose? We all love to hear Mother Goose rhymes and riddles. But did you know that there was a real Mother Goose who lived in Boston more than three hundred years ago? I ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Series: Poems about
This anthology of poems, compiled by Brian Moses, contains a mix of light-hearted poems and more serious ones, poems that rhyme and those that don't. There are plenty of good 'read alouds', thumping choruses, and the sort of poems that children can use as models for their own writing. Poetry is a key f ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
This is a crazy collection of 44 wacky and wonderful works. It presents rhymes from many of the world's most famous writers, such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Alexander Pope...and of course the prolific Anonymous! Divided into thematic sections, including Animal Antics, Peculiar People, Nearly Nonsens ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Series: Poems about
This anthology of poems, compiled by Brian Moses, contains a mix of light-hearted poems and more serious ones, poems that rhyme and those that don't. There are plenty of good 'read alouds', thumping choruses, and the sort of poems that children can use as models for their own writing. Poetry is a key f ...Show more
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Meet Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, the man in the moon, and many, many more in this sparkling treasury of over a hundred nursery favourites to share. From bouncy, boisterous songs to lyrical lullabies, there's a rhyme for every mood and moment. The words to each rhyme are accompanied by beautiful illust ...Show more
