Poetry for children
This is Home: Essential Australian Poems for Children
In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. What do you feel like doing today? Sit beside a bush campfire with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, watch people going by with Henry...
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Poems to Live Your Life By
In Poems to Live Your Life By, Chris Riddell, political cartoonist for the Observer, has selected his very favourite classic and modern poems about life, death and everything in between.
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I’m Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups
...it's everything a book for kids should be. (BJ Novak, actor and bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures)
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A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young
A collection of children's poems from children's author and poet Michael Rosen.
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A Boat of Stars
A boat of stars came down tonightand sailed around my bed -- it sprinkled stardust on my eyes, put dreams inside my head.Open worlds of imagination and explore the magic of everyday life with this enchanting new...
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H Is For Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z
An ABC-book that uses haiku to transform small moments into big moments.
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What Is Poetry?: The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems
A detailed and very personal guide to reading and writing poetry by one of the country's leading children's poets.
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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry: A treasury of poems for young people
n this beautiful collection of poems for children, award-winning author and poet Libby Hathorn has brought together favourites such as those by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Dorothea Mackellar and C.J. Dennis, as well as more...
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A Poem for Every Day of the Year
An inspiring anthology to keep you company for every day of your life.
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A First Book of the Sea
A stunning anthology that blends poetry and information about the sea, from an award-winning team.From Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton, the multi award-winning team behind Tiny and Lots, comes a spellbinding collection...
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there.
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A Light in the Attic
There's a light on in the attic. I can see it from outside, And I know you're on the inside ...lookin' out. Step inside the mind of Shel Silverstein and you'll discover a magic homework machine, a Polar Bear in the fridge and a...
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Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots
A riotous celebration of words - silly words, funny words, words you only use in your own family, new words, old words, and the very best words in the right order. Melon Melon squashy, melon sloshy. My friend Helen's ...
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Can I Touch Your Hair?
How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
A collection of poems and drawings that feature a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale, a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and...
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Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare
More than thirty of William Shakespeare's best-known and most-loved verses and poems, wonderfully illustrated for children ages 8 to 12.
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I’m Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups
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 visual and verbal tricks to make you look at the world in a new...
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Earth Verse: Explore our Planet through Poetry and Art
From the hidden wonders of fossilization, rocks and the water cycle, to awe-inspiring spectacles like volcanoes, thunderstorms and glaciers, discover the magnificent ways the world works in this unique and beautiful approach to...
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New and Collected Poems for Children
'In the world of British poetry, Carol Ann Duffy is a superstar.' (Guardian) This stellar edition of her poems brings together work from her four award-winning collections for children, and sprinkles in a generous helping of new...
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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beautifully...
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All the Wild Wonders
A celebration of our Earth in poems to make children think hard about protecting it for the future.
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A Child’s Garden of Verses
First published in 1885, this timeless classic is illustrated by Michael Foreman and published in a beautiful, gift format with a new foreword by Alexander McCall Smith
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Out and About: A First Book of Poems
A beautiful first collection of poems by two-time Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Shirley Hughes.
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Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson
Poetry for Kids introduces a young audience to the poetry of Emily Dickinson, with helpful explanatory text and fabulous illustrations.
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Silly Verse for Kids
Featuring illustrations, this collection includes the famous On the Ning Nang Nong.
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy,...
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