Stories in Verse

A Yeticorn's charging about on the loose!Bea often tells little fibs when something goes wrong. Fairy-cats wiped mud all over the floor, wild octoponies flooded the bathroom... and lately, a humongous Yeticorn has been charging around, gobbling up her...

Spectacular illustrations rendered in oil paint, and a rhyming text that describes a tree's activities from its roots to its branches, introduce young readers to the amazing activities that go on in a tree. Acorns nibbled by chipmunks, ants scurrying...

From the multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes the biggest picture book of the year: a joyfully riotous, brilliantly anarchic, deliciously rhyming adventure, with glorious piratical illustrations by Chris Riddell 'Neil Gaiman is the nearest thing...

In this traditional tale, discovered in Kenya, a young herd boy Ki-pat must find a way to end the dreadful drought that has come to the beautiful Kapiti Plain and save the animals that live there.Authored by Verna Aardema, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti...

Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's...

A stunning gift collection of animal poems from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, celebrating with heart and humour the creatures with whom we share our planet. Collaborating once more with iconic artist, Michael...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481425674Author Tasha TudorPage Count 44Imprint Little SimonPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 140mm * 187mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993557903Author Gemma DenhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Elizabeth PublicationsPublisher Elizabeth Publications

1 told 2 and 2 told 3, "I'll race you to the top of the apple tree." One hundred and one numbers climb the apple tree in this bright, rollicking, joyous book for young children. As the numerals pile up and bumblebees threaten, what's the...

The hilarious third instalment from the bestselling creative team behind viral sensation The Wonky Donkey is now available in a super cute board book edition! Meet Grinny Granny - the latest addition to the phenomenal ...

"The T. Rex was strong, with teeth sharp as knives. When most dinos saw him, they ran for their lives!" And so Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to the fiercest of all the many extinct reptiles featured in this exciting exploration of...

"The T. Rex was strong, with teeth sharp as knives. When most dinos saw him, they ran for their lives!" And so Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to the fiercest of all the many extinct reptiles featured in this exciting exploration of...

A brilliantly funny story all about celebrating difference, from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts - perfect for young dinosaur fans everywhere!Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a...

From the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark features an unlikely cast of characters drawn from the pages of Alice's second adventure, Through the Looking Glass.This irresistible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680520828Author Ginger SwiftPage Count 12Imprint Cottage Door PressPublisher Cottage Door PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 124mm * 127mm * 23mm

A classic, colourfully illustrated Beginner Book which will delight and inspire early readers. When Sam's new dog learns to dig holes, he can't stop. He digs up gardens, road and buildings, and finally digs himself into a hole he can't get out...

This tender, rhyming Classic Board Book is a lively celebration of love.Little ones adore being independent and trying new things. But they also need Mom and Dad's reassurance and snuggles. With her spare, lyrical text, Meg Fleming captures the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645082777Author Paul WoottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Paul WoottonPublisher Paul WoottonWeight(grams) 113g

Push, pull and slide the tabs to meet the Busy Easter Chicks - cheep cheep! Join them on a very special Easter Egg Hunt at the farm - but who will find all the eggs first?A perfect Easter gift for young children with inquisitive fingers and minds,...

A raucous, rhyming tale that will have children (and adults) in fits of laughter!Stoat is playing in his favourite boat when suddenly Goat comes bounding in! Chaos ensues as an angry Stoat tries to chase Goat out of his boat. But before long, Goat and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739322700Author Abigail ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 37Imprint Abigail Thomson BooksPublisher Abigail Thomson Books

Push, pull and slide the tabs to meet all the Busy Baby Animals. See lambs leaping in the field, piglets playing in the mud and cheeping chicks as they hatch. Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689712937Author Charlotte PomerantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 31Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 700g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140567281Author Rosemary WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 133gDimensions(mm) 267mm * 214mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593206034Author Anna DewdneyFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Viking Books for Young ReadersPublisher Penguin USAWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 264mm...

"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mom raths outgrabe." Lewis Carroll's most iconic, seemingly nonsensical poem is brought to life like never before with award-winning illustrator...

Celebrate the people who help us in Superstars: When I'm a Nurse. This entertaining board book takes children on an imaginary night shift in a hospital. Push, pull and slide the tabs to help the nurse attend to her patients one by one. Little ones will...

Wonderful collection of nonsense verse, from Chesterton to Dahl, Lear to Carroll. With beautitul, original illustrations, both full colour and black & white.A true collectors treasure for grown ups and childrenBook InformationISBN 9781857155143Author...

Wonderful collection of nonsense verse, from Chesterton to Dahl, Lear to Carroll. With beautitul, original illustrations, both full colour and black & white.A true collectors treasure for grown ups and childrenBook InformationISBN 9781857155143Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578929989Author Mike MichalowiczFormat HardbackPage Count 46Imprint Obsidian Launch LLCPublisher Obsidian Launch LLCWeight(grams) 340g

A tender, moving and joyous story from one of our nation's premier poets, John AgardFrom above earth, from above sky,from below earth, from under water,come all you little personscome exactly as you are.Come little bird person, come little bee person,...

From former Birmingham Young Poet Laureate Nyanda Foday comes this inspirational, poetic introduction to the vital need for every child to see themselves in the books they read. What does a book mean to those who search for acceptance and understanding?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039180529Author Ruth AmandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753474198Author Tony MittonPage Count 20Imprint KingfisherPublisher KingfisherWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 160mm * 160mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869715502Author Jessica UrlichsFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Little MoaPublisher Hachette Aotearoa New ZealandWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823445349Author John UpdikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 125g

The #1 New York Times bestseller 'At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting' Lupita Nyong'o Dreams are today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that...

Now in board book! "An exuberant . . . ode to the fun of fashion." -Shelf Awareness This little Mary has STYLE! In this fun take on Mother Goose, fashion-forward Mary helps some of childhood's most beloved characters go glam. From the kid who lives in a...

I'm the Cat in the Hat.If you look in the sky,you might see a butterfly fluttering by. Join the Cat in the Hat as he introduces beginning readers to butterflies. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an...

I'm the Cat in the Hat.If you look in the sky,you might see a butterfly fluttering by. Join the Cat in the Hat as he introduces beginning readers to butterflies. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an...