A Rocketful of Space Poems by John Foster
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Top poets across the English-speaking world present: A Rocketful of Space Poems. Fly into space, drive to the moon, meet an asteroid dog and a flurb blurp, and then play intergalactic Squibble-Ball. There are wizards and witches in space, as well as Peter Pluto' s fast-food superstore - and the worst mo ...Show more
Toitoi Anzac Special (2018) by Edited by Charlotte Gibbs
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
Toitoi celebrates the ideas, imaginations and creative spirit of our young writers and artists. We believe that their work has purpose and deserves a wide audience. We publish material with an original and authentic voice that other young people can connect to and be inspired by and that reflects the c ...Show more
Falling Up (Special Edition) by Shel Silverstein
45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the classics Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Every Thing On It, comes a wondrous book of poems and drawings.This special edition contains 12 never-before-published poems. Filled with unforgettable characters like ...Show more
Hickory Dickory Dock by Kelly Caswell
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
In this entertaining retelling of the traditional nursery song, the mouse is only one of many animals to climb the clock. Who slides up at three o'clock, and who will bounce up at ten? Look through the holes in each page to see which animal is next, and make up some of your own. You're sure to enjoy thi ...Show more
Eric Carle's Dragons, Dragons & other creatures that never were by Eric Carle
36.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Fiery dragons, playful centaurs, the mysterious garusa, the web-footed bunyip--these and other mythological creatures abound in Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons. In this companion volume to Eric Carle's Animals Animals, he celebrates mythology and legends from around the world, and breathes life into the cr ...Show more
Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
'For a long while Beowulf leaned on the blood-stained sword; his heart was pounding. A man with the strength of thirty! Slayer of Grendel and slayer of the sea-wolf! A hero without equal in this middle-world!' The story of Beowulf was written down as an epic poem in Anglo-Saxon England. It recounts the ...Show more
Incy Wincy Spider by Karen Erasmus
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
We all know that the rain washed the Incy Wincy spider down the water spout. But where else did he try to shelter before the sun came out? In this fun and lively story, Incy tries to find a place to rest but keeps getting into strife! When he crawls under the house, he comes face to face with a hungry c ...Show more
Proud by Various, Various Authors
23.00 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+
A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. A boy’s coming out is overshadowed by gay penguins, a m ...Show more
Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum by Julia Donaldson
15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
CRAZY MAYONNAISY MUM is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes and more thoughtful pieces too. A real joy. Noisy Garden If tigerlilies and dandelions growled, And cowslips mooed, and dogroses howled, And snapdragons roared and catmi ...Show more
Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry by Marjory Wentworth; Kwame Alexander
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
"A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along ...Show more
Funky Chickens by Benjamin Zephaniah
19.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
A wonderfully irreverent collection of poetry for children and young people touching on anything from vegetables to the Queen and from sewage to the sun. There's plenty of humour as well as poems on racism, pollution and the murder of a cat.
SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This by Nikita Gill
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
It's time to reclaim poetry. Collected by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This is a joyful celebration of the ground-breaking poets making their voices heard in the spoken word scene. Empowering, inspiring and often hilarious, SLAMs are a platform for well-known ...Show more