Poems and haiku verses provides glimpses of life in the city.
Somebody Else's Nut Tree and Other Tales from Children
by Ruth Krauss
An illustrated collection of poems and brief tales on a variety of subjects.
The Bailey Triplets and The Bully Lesson (The Bailey Triplets, #2)
by Pamela Bell
The Comedy of Errors (Sweet Cherry Easy Classics) (20 Shakespeare Children's Stories (Easy Classics))
This is one of the earliest plays written by William Shakespeare. It revolves around two sets of identical twins that were separated at birth. Years later, fate brings them to the same city, and this unleashes the drama caused by mistaken identities.Also available as part of a 20 book set, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tragedy of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Winter's Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Me...
When three travelling frog musicians roll through the forest on their painted bicycles, the other animals know they're in for a great big party. Only one of them is not having fun: grumpy old grouse. Just as he's telling everyone to stop with their foolish racket, their ruckus, their riff-raff, a great big storm rolls through the woods and puts an end to all the fun. When they emerge in the sleepy, dewy dawn, the animals see that grouse's home is ruined, and quickly band together to help him.
Working as a teacher, and then a headteacher, you’re never sure of what each day is going to bring. When the day gives you lines like ‘There’s a wasp in my trousers’ or ‘I wish I was a bird, so I could poo on people’, the poet inside grabs them and won’t let go until a poem has been written. And when you’ve spent the afternoon balanced up a ladder, waving a meter stick in a tree to try and rescue the school drone, or had the pleasure of removing a dead pigeon from the playground whilst fascinate...
Thoughtful Thinking - Book of Haikus for Children (Thoughtful Thinking, #5)
by Daksha Patel
This book of haikus is on topics that children can relate to like going to a swimming pool, chewing bubble gum and playing in sand. The book is full of pictures to colour-in and there are five-question comprehensions to test the children's knowledge and understanding of the haikus read. Also, the children can count the syllables on their fingers as they read each haiku. And, they can apply the rules of the haiku to create their own "Book of Haikus". This children's book can really be used by...
Apes to Zebras: An A-Z of Shape Poems
by Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee, and Sue Hardy-Dawson
This gorgeous collection of animal poems from Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee and Sue Hardy-Dawson will entrance and delight in equal measure. Featuring a full alphabet of animals, birds, and insects, with the odd extinct or imaginary creature thrown in, these beautiful shape poems are a perfect way to introduce children to poetry. Some funny, some serious, there is something here for everyone. Book band: Dark Blue
