Poetry

A book aimed at both trade and schools markets that brings together the best of John Foster's original poetry. There are over 250 poems divided into themed sections, in which there will be humorous and thoughtful poems sitting side by side. It includes a...

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...

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...

Follow one girl as she builds a rocket and plans to take her friends on an amazing trip to the Sun and Moon. But will the task prove more difficult than she first thought? Imaginatively illustrated by T.S Spookytooth, this clever and inventive poem was...

Working with Apples & Snakes, the "Spoken Word Trailblazers", Britain's Children's Laureate has chosen poems from ten debut poets, all from diverse/under-represented backgrounds. Selected for their qualities of originality, expression and style, they...

"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...

A superb collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game. Written in a variety of verse forms - sonnets, rhyming couplets and more. As good as previous collections!Promotion: PoS available. (Temporary)About the AuthorAllan Ahlberg has...

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...

Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten, one of our best-loved poets. Hilarious, lyrical, outrageous and serious poems all rub shoulders in this collection. Naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Short-listed for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award.Book InformationISBN...

From Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho comes a beautiful anthology of monthly nature poems which encourage a love for the natural world and the importance of looking after it. See how animals behave through the seasons, and the cycle of...

"Nye at her engaging, insightful best." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Acclaimed poet and Young People's Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789895292Author Miles KellyFormat HardbackImprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Inspiration for poetry can come from anywhere - a memory, an insight and even broccoli! Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen explains the inspiration behind a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134600Author Nicola DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Stevie is eleven and loves reading and sea-creatures. She lives with her mum, and she's been best friends with Andrew since forever. Stevie's mum teases her that someday they'll get married, but Stevie knows that won't ever happen. There's a girl at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Cybils (Poetry) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781426320941Author J. Patrick LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National...

A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.About the...

There are eighty of Roger McGough's wonderful poems in this hugely enjoyable collection, gathered into a new volume to celebrate Roger's 80th birthday! The poems have been specially chosen to reflect Roger's unique sense of humour, his wit and wisdom and...

Maggie Smith, bestselling author of the viral poem “Good Bones” and the memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, delivers a lyrical and reassuring picture book perfect for calming active minds at bedtime (or anytime).At bedtime, when lights go...

Teach me the language of Cat: the slow-motion blink, that crystal stare, a tight-lipped purr and a wide-mouthed hiss. Let me walk with a saunter, nose in the air Full of wordplay and riddles, with poems that will make you laugh, tell you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399555374Author Robert Louis StevensonFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061905858Author Shel SilversteinFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

A warm, rhyming celebration of Afro hair and father-daughter relationships, from hair care coach and author Tola Okogwu and rising star illustrator, Chante Timothy.It's Sunday evening and dinner is over.Beth is excited and heads to the sofa.Daddy is...

The Rhyme Bible Storybook brings classic Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments to life, retold in rhyme so that children are enthusiastic to read along, excited to read aloud, and, most importantly, eager to remember their favorite Scripture...

Brilliantly observed as always, family, teachers, pupils and the dreaded school inspector all leap to life in this wonderfully warm and witty, brand new, poetry collection from bestseller Gervase Phinn. New kids, disobedient deputy heads, school reports...

A beautiful gift anthology containing forty incredible poems written out in the shape of world shapers!In Shaping the World learn about about Amelia Earhart in a poem shaped like a plane, Maya Angelou in a poem shaped like a bird or Francis Drake in a...

This School 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...

A companion to the Newbery Medal-winning middle grade novel The Crossover, the basis of the show streaming on Disney+!What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our...

'Sometimes a book comes along that stops you in your tracks. This arrived today. It is beautiful, intelligent, accessible, deeply moving. Fantastic writing, fantstic art. A book for everyone.' David AlmondA stunning poetry gift book celebrating the...

A fantastic collection of very funny monster poems from two bestselling poets. Find out what to do if there is a monster under your bed, a zombie in the garden or a cyclops in your school. Beware the mighty Sockodile and the Death Kiss Suction Grandma...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671747695Author Bruce LanskyFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805055450Author Carol Ann DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 113g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524718664Author StorybotsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

This book on the Brecon & Merthyr, deals with the section from Bargoed to Pontsticill Junction, covering the line built by the B&M to join onto the section running north from Bargoed built by the Rhymney Railway, much dominated at the time by...

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...

A brilliant collection of poems for 8-year-olds packed with poems about friends, space, pets, nature, magic, family, school, adventure, compiled by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Roxana de Rond.Includes classic and contemporary poems by , A.F...

A spellbinding new fantasy novel from the author of The Apprentice Witch series - perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and Diana Wynne Jones. 'A cosy, magical adventure which touches on the problems associated with...

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)...

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 easeAnd keepin' the door in a Bloomsbury Square.Join Cat Morgan, the swashbuckling pirate as he sails the Barbary Coast in...