Category: Nursery Rhymes
A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favorite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as The Cat and the Fiddle in 2011, this edition includes a new introduction by Jackie Morris--a spirited defense of ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes
From Children’s Laureates Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, the bestselling team behind A Great Big Cuddle, comes a first book of nursery rhymes. Flying pigs, wobbling plates of jelly and a giant with a terrible fear of mice: welcome to the topsy-turvy world of nursery rhymes. Inspired by his life ...Show more
Category: Poetry
A new gift edition of James K Baxter's classic poems for children, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart. The poems in Seagull Seagull are light and easy read-alouds for classrooms or with toddlers-on-the-couch. James K Baxter wrote these poems when he was teaching in Lower Hutt in the 1950s. Successful in the ...Show more
Category: Nursery Rhymes
Join Mother Goose and her three little goslings as they enjoy over fifty classic nursery rhymes, traditional lullabies and favourite action songs, beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo. The deluxe 96-page hardback has a ribbon ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
Old Macdonald had a farm - e-i-e-i-o ..." Everyone knows the song. But now the farm and animals are in New Zealand and old Macdonald has a Swanndri and gumboots. Donovan Bixley's illustrations depict the beautiful New Zealand landscape - with farm animals! But what are those crazy animals up to? For pre ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Plays and Nursery Rhymes
Author of the award-winning Letterbox Cat, Paula Green's bright new poems have grown out of titles collected from her fans: the children who follow her online at Poetry Box and curl up inside the covers of her books. These poems dash and dart, whisper and purr tell of tap-dancing fish, cheese-spaghetti ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
Following on from the success of Little Bo Peep and more (four nursey rhymes about sheep), Donovan Bixley now turns his attention to cats. Cat Rhymes includes four nursery rhymes about cats, set in New Zealand. Here are 'Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat', 'Two Little Kittens', and 'Hey Diddle Diddle' as you've neve ...Show more
Category: Poetry
A gorgeously illustrated introduction to poetry for children, featuring poems about everything from science, sport, and space, to friendship, family, and feelings. This thoughtfully crafted anthology is perfect for children new to verse, and for young poetry fans seeking out new favourites. Explore poe ...Show more
Category: Te Reo
Arapū Toi combines short, easy to understand, poems for all ages with artwork that epitomises the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words". Gentle rhythmic te reo Māori, with kupu that emphasise ideas of wellness, is used to describe the sights, sounds and feelings of everyday life — like ...Show more
Category: Poetry
Hail! Hail! I come from another galaxy. Discover the weird and wonderful world of martians, woolly saucepans and centrally heated knickers in 100 poems about science and technology from the delightfully irreverent, Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate 2007 - 2009.
Category: Asian Languages
Forty vibrantly illustrated nursery rhymes in both Mandarin Chinese and English are presented in a side-by-side format that encourages fun Mandarin Chinese language learning. Native speakers perform each rhyme in Chinese and English on an accompanying audio CD. Full color.
Category: Nursery Rhymes
Featuring gorgeous artwork from Enid Blyton's illustrator Dorothy M. Wheeler this book of classic nursery rhymes is the perfect gift. Original artwork from 1916 illustrates nursery favourites including Little Jack Horner, Jack and Jill and Humpty Dumpty. This stunning hardback is a must-have for Christm ...Show more
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