Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. What do you feel like doing today? Sit beside a bush campfire with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, watch people going by with Henry Lawson, float away with Alison Lester, learn to read with Andy Griffiths or be brav ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
A stunning collection of new and classic poems from around the world celebrating the diversity of life on our green and blue planet, to be shared with all the family. With new poems from Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish and Sabrina Mahfouz. Dive into this book and be swept away ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
A boat of stars came down tonightand sailed around my bed -it sprinkled stardust on my eyes,put dreams inside my head Open worlds of imagination and explore the magic of everyday life with this enchanting new collection of poetry from some of Australia's most-loved writers and illustrators. Pe ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
Science tells us that babies develop best and connect with people and the world around them when they are spoken to, sung to and read to. Even when they're tiny, the sound of their parents' voices helps them make sense of the world and feel comfortable with new people and places. This treasury gives p ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
A new edition of a ground-breaking poetry anthology (previously Inside Out) in which 21 poets each discuss one of their poems and how they came to write it. They are on a wide range of subjects - colonialism, cows in the beach, telling lies, aquariums - and there's also nonsense verse, a poem about alli ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
A detailed and very personal guide to reading and writing poetry by one of the country's leading children's poets. Over many years as a working poet, Michael Rosen has thought a great deal about what poems are, what they can do and the pleasure that comes from writing and reading poetry. In this invalua ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry | Series: My Very First Mother Goose
To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "Pat-a-Cake" to "Little Jack Horner" and "Pussycat, ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their forbidden affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment. Now, seventeen years later, Matthew returns with a new identity, a lo ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
Some words are made of breath. Some words are made of stone. Listen, weigh them carefully, To make music for your poem. What better way to get away than with words! Escape to The Word Zoo, Great Balls of Poetry or A Pocket Full of Poems. In 100 Ways to Flyyou'll find a poem for every mood - poems to mak ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
Kick your boots off, everyone. Summer's here and so's the sun. Bright, bold and accessible, this collection of poems is packed full of noises and actions -- perfect for joining in. There are counting rhymes and animal rhymes, rhymes to make you shuffle and squelch and clatter and patter, and rhymes to m ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry
The perfect gift for children aged 8+, this stunning classic collection of poetry will delight a new generation of readers of the Faber Children's Classics list. Peacock Pie contains the finest of Walter de la Mare's poems for children, accompanied by exquisite original illustrations from Edward Ardizzo ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes & Poetry | Series: Petite Boutique
Introducing Nursery Rhymes, a beautiful collection of 24 beloved nursery rhymes with pictures by French illustrator Veronique Petit. It includes a fun CD on which each song is charmingly sung by a group of children, giving young listeners the confidence to join in.
