Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
Have you ever wished you could fly? Well a boy called Icarus and his father built themselves wings out of feathers and wax. Up they flew into the huge blue sky. But it wasn't as easy as it looked! Here are eleven easy-to-read, exciting and funny plays for children by multi award-winning author Ursula Du ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
An extraordinary pop-up book that reveals the secrets of the most famous fairy-tale villains--the giant, the wolf and the witch--with interactive flaps, a twist on well-known tales, and personality cards for each villain. Lift the flaps to see the diabolical thoughts inside the villains' heads, what hid ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, named after the first line of Judith Nicholls' poem 'Windsong', is a lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems - one for every day of the year, including leap years. Filled with familiar favourites and new discoveries, written by a wide variety of poets, incl ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales | Series: Far Out! Ser.
This collection of children's rhymes and chants were created by children, for children, and shared between children and across generations through their oral traditions. While being enormously fun and entertaining, these books have been shown to promote literacy through their use of rhythm and rhyme, en ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales | Series: Far Out! Ser.
This collection of children's rhymes and chants were created by children, for children, and shared between children and across generations through their oral traditions. While being enormously fun and entertaining, these books have been shown to promote literacy through their use of rhythm and rhyme, en ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Malevolent and dark, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are not for the faint-hearted. The stories were originally published in 1812 and form a vivid and fascinating body of work that is rich in folkloric significance. Replete with sinister characters and grotesque imagery, this collection ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales | Series: Old Possum Picture Bks.
I once was a Pirate what sailed the 'igh seas-- But now I've retired as a com-mission-aire: And that's how you find me a-takin' my ease And keepin' the door in a Bloomsbury Square. Join Cat Morgan, the swashbuckling pirate as he sails the Barbary Coast in this sixth picture book pairing from Arthur Rob ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
From William Blake's "Infant Joy" to Longfellow's "My Lost Youth," this beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates childhood. These poems capture every facet of childhood: the magic and wonder, the schooldays and holidays, the unconditional love of a parent, the memories we treasure as we grow up. Bel ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
My First Book of Haiku Poems introduces children to inspirational works of poetry and art that speak of our connection to the natural world, and that enhance their own natural ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. Each of these 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other gr ...Show more
Category: Poetry, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
Can Prince Veera and his best friend outsmart the king's trickiest subjects? Inspired by traditional Indian folktales, these stories are sure to delight. Being a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That's what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to presi ...Show more
