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Arapū Toi by Moira Wairama
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo
Arapū Toi combines short, easy to understand, poems for all ages with artwork that epitomises the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words". Gentle rhythmic te reo Māori, with kupu that emphasise ideas of wellness, is used to describe the sights, sounds and feelings of everyday life — like a zip ...Show more
She Will Soar: Empowering Poems of Freedom and Wanderlust by Women by Ana Sampson
$34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning gift book featuring 130 poems about wanderlust, freedom and escape written by women. With poems from classic, well loved poets as well as innovative and bold modern voices, She Will Soar is a stunning collection and an essential addition to any bookshelf. From the ancient world right up to th ...Show more
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year by Fiona Waters
$55.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poetry Collections
A breathtaking anthology featuring an animal poem for every day of the year illustated by award-winning artist, Britta Teckentrup. This lavishly illustrated gift book treasury of 366 animal poems ranges from unforgettable classics to contemporary works from around the world, including poetry in transla ...Show more
One Girl by Andrea Beaty; Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A meditative picture book about the power of reading and how one child can change the world, from #1 bestselling author Andrea Beaty One girl. One spark. Faint and fading in the dark. Flicker . . . Flicker . . . Flicker . . . Glow. Tiny ember. Burning low. Inspired by the global movement to empowe ...Show more
Seagull Seagull: Poems by James K. Baxter by James K. Baxter
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A new gift edition of James K Baxter's classic poems for children, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart. The poems in Seagull Seagull are light and easy read-alouds for classrooms or with toddlers-on-the-couch. James K Baxter wrote these poems when he was teaching in Lower Hutt in the 1950s. Successful in the ...Show more
A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems by Frann Preston-Gannon
$32.99 NZD
Category: Nursery Rhymes
Explore an enchanting world of 101 nursery rhymes, poems and songs, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon, illustrator of I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, which won Waterstones Children’s Gift of the Year. This is the fourth title in the Nosy Crow Classics series, which includes The Velveteen Rabbit, Pe ...Show more
A World Full of Poems
$48.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A gorgeously illustrated introduction to poetry for children, featuring poems about everything from science, sport, and space, to friendship, family, and feelings. This thoughtfully crafted anthology is perfect for children new to verse, and for young poetry fans seeking out new favourites. Explore poet ...Show more
Crane Classics: Shakespeare - Selected Sonnets by William Shakespeare
$29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Crane Classics Ser.
A collection of classic poems that provides an accessible introduction to Shakespeare's poetry. Printed in a high quality cloth edition, this volume in the Crane Classics makes an attractive gift.
Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble: Magical Poems Chosen by Paul Cookson by Paul Cookson; Eilidh Muldoon (Illustrator)
$28.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Can you hear the distant dragon's rumble of thunder? And smell the sweet swampy aroma of the ogre? Can you taste the tangy tarantula tarts? And see the girl who's really a wizard? From magic carpets and wands to unicorns, potions, creams and lotions, Paul Cookson's brewing a spell of fantastically magic ...Show more
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming by Chris Harris
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen FryIf I ever find myself holding a gecko . . .I'll lecko.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 ...Show more
My First Book of Haiku Poems by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen; Tracy Gallup (Illustrator)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
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
Old Toffer's Book of Consequential Dogs by Christopher Reid
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
I've rounded up a rowdy assembly Of my own Consequential Dogs As counterparts to Eliot's mogs. Mine are a rough and ready bunch: You wouldn't take them out to lunch . . . But if they strike you as friendly, funny, Full of bounce and fond of a romp, Forgetful of poetic pomp, I trust you'll take them ...Show more
