The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
The #1 New York Times bestseller 'At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting' Lupita Nyong'o Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the ca ...Show more
Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl
20.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Crocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl's usual gusto and illustrated in a suitably wicked style by Q ...Show more
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
20.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Brand-new book of wickedly clever rhymes by the world's number-one storytellerThis book is filled with revolting rhymes.(Be warned- It's no ordinary Once upon a time).There's poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads!Snow White's dwarfs although awfully nice, are ...Show more
And Everything Will Be Glad to See You
45.00 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
A forceful, passionate and uplifting collection of poems by women and girls that is guaranteed to inspire, delight and empower. From well-loved poets, including Grace Nichols, Wendy Cope, Lucille Clifton and Christina Rossetti, to newer voices such as Triska Hamid, Yrsa-Daley Ward and Amineh Abou Kerech ...Show more
Classic Poems (HB) by Jackie Morris
51.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Inspire a lifelong love of language--and give kids a head start in school!--with this outstanding poetry collection. To improve reading comprehension, luminous watercolor paintings illustrate the 70 famous poems, which are arranged by life stages and cover a wide range of common human experiences. From ...Show more
Coyote's Soundbite - A Poem for Our Planet by John Agard; Piet Grobler (Illustrator)
34.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Excitement spreads like wildfire through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference From Australia to Antarctica, Amazon to Africa, goddesses will debate the burning environmental issues of our times . . . and bushy-tailed, smooth-talking Coyote wants in on the action. Can this infamous tric ...Show more
The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
39.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry | Reading Level: very good
The unmissable sequel to the bestselling, award-winning, multi-adaptation hit The Lost Words Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but new in form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
Being You: Poems of Positivity by Daniel Thompson, Collins Kids
22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Powerful poems for positive thinking! This collection of 50 poems will inspire confidence and courage, help children to overcome worries and spread kindness. Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family. With themes of friendship, self-belief ...Show more
The Uppish Hen & other poems by Robin Hyde
25.00 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
In 1934, four-year-old Derek Challis found a homemade book in his Christmas stocking. On the typed pages bound with pink ribbon were poems written for him by his mother, the writer Robin Hyde. Derek - known as Derry - treasured the gift and could recite the poems until his death in 2021. Hyde hoped the ...Show more
The Big Amazing Poetry Book: 52 Weeks of Poetry From 52 Brilliant Poets by Gaby Morgan
44.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
A brilliant introduction to 52 fantastic poets introduced by Roger McGough and illustrated by Chris Riddell. The Big Amazing Poetry Book is a warm, funny collection packed with different styles of poetry - ballads, riddles, tongue-twisters, shape poems, haikus, sonnets and raps - about seasons, festival ...Show more
Roar Squeak Purr: A New Zealand Treasury of Animal Poems by Paula Green
45.00 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
A marvellous menagerie of animal poems for children by New Zealand's best writers - some of them children - selected by star New Zealand poet Paula Green and adorably illustrated by Jenny Cooper.A marvellous menagerie of more than 200 animal poems by Aotearoa's best writers, ROAR SQUEAK PURR shows just ...Show more