The Big Amazing Poetry Book: 52 Weeks of Poetry From 52 Brilliant Poets by Gaby Morgan
$13.99 NZD
$27.99 (50% off)
Category: Poetry
From John Agard and Julia Donaldson to Nikita Gill, Brian Bilston and Carol Ann Duffy, The Big Amazing Poetry Book is a brilliant, accessible introduction to poetry and to fifty-two fantastic poets. Introduced by Roger McGough, the book features the illustrations of former Children's Laureate and belove ...Show more
The Billy that Died with its Boots On and Other Australian Verse by Stephen Whiteside
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
'Twas the billy that died with its boots on, a billy you couldn't replace. It lay on the ground, where it couldn't be found, 'cause the track was so hard to retrace.' With galloping rhythm and snappy rhyme, Stephen Whiteside's read-aloud poems portray the Australian outdoors, sporting life and animals, ...Show more
The Book of Complete Nonsense (Vintage Classics)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Come bathe in stew, and dine on meals of eels or worms or jellied gnats, See shoes and ships and sealing wax and fuzzy bears and owls and cats, Depart for the Land where the Bong Tree grows or the Land of Bumbley Boo Find sky in your pie and teatrays in the sky and a place where mice say moo. But be war ...Show more
The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain by Katherine Rundell (Editor)
$26.99 NZD
Category: Poetry, Plays and Nursery Rhymes
In difficult times, what children really need is hope. And in that spirit, bestselling author Katherine Rundell emailed some of the children's writers and artists whose work she loved most:'I asked them to write something very short, fiction or non-fiction, or draw something that would make the children ...Show more
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice by A. F. Harrold
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A riotous celebration of words and a modern take on cautionary tales featuring advice on parrots, gravy, mathematics, castles (bouncy), spiders, vegetables (various), breakfast, cakes, and removing ducks from soup.Advice comes in many shapes. Poems come in many shapes. And so, it follows, poems of advic ...Show more
The Book of Nursery Rhymes: 50 Classic Poems for Children
$34.99 NZD
Category: Nursery Rhymes
This book takes little ones on a magical journey into the world of popular nursery rhymes.Read along with your little one as you introduce them to well-known nursery rhymes including Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider, Little Bo-Peep, and many more. Young readers will love poring over the endearing illust ...Show more
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beau ...Show more
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: The Play by Mark Haddon; Simon Stephens (Adapted by); Paul Bunyan (Volume Editor, Series edited by); Ruth Moore (Volume Editor, Series edited by)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Plays | Series: Critical Scripts Ser.
A bestselling modern classic--both poignant and funny--about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Christopher John Francis Boone ...Show more
The Day War Came (HB) by Nicola Davies
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee. The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep. Imagine if, on an ordinary day, a ...Show more
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head - Poems to Take You into Space and Back Again by Allan Wolf; Anna Raff (Illustrator)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back -- propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to say ...Show more
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects by Paul B. Janeczko
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A celebrated duo reunites for a look at poems through history inspired by objects--earthly and celestial--reflecting the time in which each poet lived. A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in cont ...Show more
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects by Paul B. Janeczko
$18.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in contemporary times. Poetry has been a living form of artistic expression for thousands of years, and poets have found inspiration in everything from swords ...Show more