When Grandpa leaves, where does he go? This raw and comforting book will bring a tear to your eye for all the right reasons. An essential book for anyone with grandparents. Gazing from an elevated window above the cityscape, a child stares into the warmly-lit windows of their neighbouring apartments. Anchored above the rows of civilisation is the wise but weathered stare of the moon. Is their Grandpa up there? Indeed, he is, and little ones will let their imagination take flight as they wander...
A Poem for Every Spring Day (A Poem for Every Day and Night of the Year)
by Allie Esiri
Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous poetry collection, A Poem for Every Spring Day, you will find verse that will transport you to vivid spring-time scenes, taking you from the first sighting of blossoms to Easter.The poems are selected from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year.Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new d...
Why is itThe roustabout Rooster, raging at the dawnWakes us so early?A warrior king is on fire!His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitarsAnd it's shivering red-hot - with rage!First published in 1984, this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award. This new, illustated edition remains 'a very beautiful book: God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions . . . the poems are pure enchantment' (The School L...
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Goodnight Moon comes a collection of bedtime poems, gorgeously illustrated by 24 award-winning artists. For the first time ever, Goodnight Songs Treasury gathers all of Margaret Wise Brown’s poems from the New York Times-bestselling Goodnight Songs and A Celebration of the Seasons into one stunning volume. Remarkable illustrations from 24 award-winning artists—including Caldecott Honor medalist Melissa Sweet, Coretta Scott King Honor Award winner...
The arrival of a mysterious new neighbor inspires a kid to write her own poetry in this humorous and unforgettable new middle-grade novel by award-winning author Cary Fagan. Andie Gladman is your typical kid — she lives in a small town, doesn't have many friends and quietly puts up with taunts from the school bully, Myrtle Klinghoffer. But one day, a new neighbor moves into the house next to Andie's family . . . and he looks awfully familiar. Could he be famous author Hans Christian Andersen? A...
Pongkhi, a high-spirited and inquisitive Bangladeshi boy, regularly went fishing with his much older and wiser friend Abdul. When Pongkhi discovers Abdul's boat discarded on a beach one day, he can't resist taking it out on his own to try and catch fish and impress his elders. However, a storm ensues and terrified Pongkhi is left braving the elements to then be confronted with a scary and giant fish. A charming and timeless tale, written in verse in both English and Bengali and beautifully illus...
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.
Ten Thousand Stars (A Cornucopia of Best-Loved Poems, #2)
by Jim Weiss
Packed full of every type of poem you can think of, this quirky, wonderful collection of poems from Roger Stevens and Steven Withrow, with fantastic funny illustrations from Katie Abey, is a great way to get kids excited about poetry! "It wasn't me-or was it He, My evil, evil, evil twin? I didn't mean to be so mean. There goes my evil twin again." Join poets Roger Stevens and Steven Withrow for this magical mixture of poems. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious there's something here for everyon...
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...
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! (Board Book) (There Was an Old Lad)
by Lucille Colandro
Peacock Pie (Faber Children's Classics) (Fanfare)
by Walter de la Mare
Presents a collection of poems first published in 1916 describing the capers of fairies, princes, beasts, children, witches, farmers, and kings.
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