Poetry

Poetry Emotion contains a treasure trove of original poems to stimulate a child's observation and deep thinking; to affirm individuality and a sense of belonging; to express a myriad of feelings; and to develop meaningful skills for living. The 50 poems...

With surprising honesty and words that resonate long after reading, A Hurricane in My Head tackles the themes of friendship, bullying, technology and the life of a modern teenager. These poems say the things we can't always put into words; they may make...

From water-vapour to robots and outer-space to water, this highly original collection from John Agard, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, explores everything exciting about science. Delighting in the wonder and oddities physics, biology and...

This is Jay Hulme's first published collection of poetry. It showcases his unique voice and form of expression. The poems have been carefully selected to chart Jay's journey from growing up in a working-class family in Leicestershire to his feelings and...

A rip-roaringly humorous anthology from Birmingham's favourite Poet Laureate, Giovanni Esposito, better known as Spoz.Book InformationISBN 9780995488571Author Giovanni EspositoFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Caboodle Books LimitedPublisher Caboodle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134006Author Jason KorsnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

A humorous poem with one couplet on every monarch from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth the Second. Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.Text type - A poem.Curriculum links -...

The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,It isn't just one of your holiday games;You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatterWhen I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.So begins one of the best-known poetry collections of all time. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553508413Author Dr. SeussFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Ever see an anaconda drive through town on a brand new Honda? Don't ask him for a ride. You might end up inside. From the Allivator to the Zonk, here are seventy-two gloriously witty poems that young readers will love and return...

Wally the penguin works in a welly shop. He makes all sorts of wellies - red ones, yellow ones, fish ones and star ones. Can he help Bertie the Polar Bear to design a pair of wellies that will win the fashion show? Green/Band 5 books offer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801052290Author Alice BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Imagine That Publishing LtdPublisher Imagine That Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

The introduction of Universal Credit arguably stands as the most far-reaching reform so far this century. Clashing Agendas is the traumatic inside story of how this simple concept became unimaginably complicated in execution, and then nearly...

The development of the young brain after birth and the emergence of cognitive capacities, mind, and individuality rest on the maturation of a dense net of synaptic connections between neurons. Memory Makes the Brain describes the dramatic, competitive...

Wiggle, jiggle and giggle along with this board-book of action rhymes, collected from A Great Big Cuddle.A board-book collection of action rhymes from not one but two Children's Laureates. Join a band of mischievous monkeys, tigers, lions, elephants and...

Haiku is a uniquely Japanese form of poetry that uses vivid words and imagery to capture a feeling or a moment in just three lines. Short but powerful, haiku poems are easy and fun to write and share with your friends. Haiku has become increasingly...

Age range 9 to 12Warning! This book may contain some of the following. . . Men with huge heads! Nervous hamsters! Stoopid people! Free money! Ducks, genies, and crime-solving fish! A voucher for eternal youth! Daft drawings, ridiculous rhymes, and weird...

A beautiful, lyrical picture book celebrating all kinds of birds and how they inspire and move us.Birds come in many different colours, shapes and personalities - but they all make our imaginations soar. This stunning picture book takes a poetic look at...

Open this book carefully: as soon as you do, the wind will sweep you up across the city. You'll roam down empty streets, take a ride on the Metro and see magical things - but there's always time to stop and look about the world around you: the night, the...

Action Man, please move over You're nothing but a plastic poser If there's a job that you need done The one you want is Action Mum Be entranced by Circus Mum, find out what it's like to have a Celebrity Mum, play the beautiful game with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620145876Author Bethany HegedusFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books Inc

This poetry anthology includes both jolly and thought-provoking poems old and new to take the reader on a journey through the Christmas season, from the advent of winter to the dawn of the new year. Poems cover much-loved themes including the...

"Exuding magic and unbridled creativity on every page, this is a book with the potential to heal more than just fish."-Publishers Weekly "An enchantingly abstract invitation to ponder poetry."-Kirkus Reviews "A great book for...

This beautiful poetry collection introduces readers to the art of found poetry as the poet writes a 37-line poem, "Nest," then finds 160 smaller poems within it.What can you find in a poem about a robin's nest? Irene Latham masterfully discovers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398497474Author Barry SayersFormat PaperbackPage Count 18Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 91g

Mindful haiku poems to help us rediscover our natural surroundings, without travelling too far from home.Some flowers are the subject of nursery rhymes and childhood games while others help us celebrate love, remember our homelands or mark the passing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802854780Author Jennifer BerneFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

Age range 9 to 12This is Chris White at his very best - a mad journey through the past ten years of Chris' favourite poems such as 'Bitey The Veggie Vampire' and 'Never Put Curry Up Your Nose'. Whatever Chris writes, his unique sense of humour seems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pura Belpre Award (Illustrator) 2016 and Charlotte Zolotow Award 2016. Commended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2017.Book InformationISBN...

Silly, fantastical, romantic, thought-provoking... This stunning collection includes 101 classic poems that every child should read! Find Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Edward Lear, Emily Dickinson,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654642Author Lisa WellsFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

The father of performance poetry, John Agard, brings you a collection of riotously funny poems. Follow that Word is a celebration of imagination and demonstrates the true diversity of language.A dazzling collection of over sixty poems, Follow That Word...

2021 Gradiva Award Winner Following the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, numerous recent, and fatal, attacks on mosques, churches, and synagogues occurring worldwide, and increasing totalitarianism and paranoia...

This Pet themed anthology of poems is written by various authors. The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versions of previously published titles, each with several brand new poems in them. There's an anthology for...

Ever wondered about the mysterious place we all visit when we fall asleep? Robert Louis Stevenson's classic children's poem about dreamland is given new life in this wonderfully illustrated book. Accompanied by Robert Hunter's bold and beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Latino Book Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780525580454Author Wade HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912745029Author Coral RumbleFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Troika BooksPublisher Troika BooksWeight(grams) 130g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060256678Author Shel SilversteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint HarperCollins Children's BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999774943Author Rob BradleyFormat PaperbackImprint Caboodle Books LimitedPublisher Caboodle Books Limited

The best collection of contemporary children's poems ever! Every anthology has one or two poems that seem to shout out: 'Hey! I'm the best. Read me again. Learn me by heart. Love me.' So here, for the first time, are all of those poems collected together...