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The Thought Fox - Collected Animal Poems Vol 4 by Ted Hughes
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
All the richness of the wild is seen through the poet's eye. Here are poems from Hawk in the Rain, Wodwo, Wolfwatching, Lupercal and River as well as from Adam and the Sacred Nine, their juxtaposition highlighting the variety of the natural world and of Hughes's poetry about it.
A March Calf - Collected Animal Poems Vol 3 by Ted Hughes
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
From the trembling new-born calf in Season Songs to the gently sleeping one recorded in Moortown Diary, animal life as observed in the pages of Flowers and Insects, Elmet, River, Lupercal and Hawk in the Rain is seen afresh through the diversity and imaginative energy of this collected volume.
The Iron Wolf (Collected Animal Poems #1) by Ted Hughes
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
The Iron Wolf, the Iron Wolf Stands on the world with jagged fur. The rusty Moon rolls through the sky. The iron river cannot stir. The iron wind leaks out a cry Animals of air, land and sea are brilliantly imagined in this perfect introduction for young readers to the work of Ted Hughes. Part of Hugh ...Show more
The Happy Garden: New & Selected Poems for Children by Peter Bland
$24.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Peter Bland’s collected poems for children are a major addition to a poetic presence spanning over sixty years. He began writing these poems for his own children in the 1950s, and has continued ever since … “Beguiled,” he says, “by the physicality of the childhood imagination, a sense of performance, an ...Show more
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming by Chris Harris
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen FryIf I ever find myself holding a gecko . . .I'll lecko.Forget what you think you know about poetry - this is something totally different. Chris Harris's I'm Just No Good At Rhyming combines wit, wordplay and nonsense with ...Show more
A Kid in My Class by Rachel Rooney
$27.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
This first collaboration between a prize-winning poet and the former UK Children's Laureate takes a whole classful of children, plus the class hamster, and draws deft portraits of them all: the pushy, the shy, the dreamy, the daring, the ordinary, the one who wants to be best friends, the one who runs i ...Show more
Toitoi #10: A Journal For Young Writers and Artists (Summer 2018) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
Toitoi is a quarterly journal of writing and art by New Zealand children, ages 5-13. With 100 pages of original stories, poetry and artwork, Toitoi gives our young writers and artists a real purpose and a wide audience. Toitoi can be read at home or at school and is a valuable classroom resource.
Toitoi: #5 A Journal for Young Writers and Artists #5 (Spring 2016) by Edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children Non 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
I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen FryIf I ever find myself holding a gecko . . .I'll lecko.Forget what you think you know about poetry - this is something totally different. Chris Harris's I'm Just No Good At Rhyming combines wit, wordplay and nonsense with ...Show more
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
$32.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
So you may see, if you will look Through the windows of this book, Another child, far, far away, And in another garden play. First published to mark the collection's centenary year of 1985, A Child's Garden of Verses is now published in a beautiful, hardback gift format, with imitation cloth binding and ...Show more
