Kick your boots off, everyone. Summer's here and so's the sun. Bright, bold and accessible, this collection of rhymes and poems for children is perfect for joining in. There are animal rhymes, rhymes to make you shuffle and squelch and clatter and patter, and rhymes to make you gallop like a horse or slide down the banister. In Shuffle and Squelch, Julia Donaldson's verse jumps off the page and Nick Sharratt's snazzy illustrations add to the fun. Look out for rhymes for younger children from Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt in Wriggle and Roar.

Breathtaking collage art and exquisite rhyming couplets showcase fantastical dreams as the natural world is prepared for a new day in this gentle bedtime book. As the day ends and a little girl is put to sleep by her mother, night-helper bunnies work their magic to tidy and polish the world. These helpers paint flowers, dust butterflies, and charge rainbows to make the world a beautiful place to wake up to. Miki Sato's collage art, which combines paper, textiles, and embroidery silk, creates a three-dimensional dream world that is rich in detail and texture. Jennifer Maruno uses soothing rhyming couplets that celebrate the beauty of nature, creating a uniquely magical world.

A gorilla doing a ballet! An Anteater who won't eat ants! An invisible dog! You'll find them all here along with a much bigger bunch of amazing animal poems, raps and rhymes featuring the blue-footed booby bird, the quagga and many more. This wonderful collection comes alive even more by combining comedy performance poet Neal Zetter's wacky words with Julian Mosedale's zany illustrations. You are guaranteed to laugh!

A beautiful gift anthology containing forty incredible shape poems in the shape of world shapers! 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 poem shaped like a ship. Each poem is paired with a biography, quote and fascinating fact. Includes poems about: Greta Thunberg, Maya Angelou, Socrates, Frances Glessner Lee, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightlingale, Anne Frank, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Mary Anning, Jane Goodall, Archytas, Otto F Rohwedder Shauna, John Logie Baird, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Wordsworth, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Beatrice Tinsley, Ravi Shankar, Isaac Newton, John Muir, Valentina Tereshkova, Amelia Earhart, Sir Francis Drake, Junko Tabei, Rachel Carson, Samuel Johnson,William Shakespeare, Ursula Le Guin, Sir John Tenniel, Charlie Chaplin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Ghandi and Malala Yousafzai.

A stunning collection of new and classic poems from around the world celebrating the diversity of life on our green and blue planet, to be shared with all the family. With new poems from Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish, Dean Atta, Sabrina Mahfouz and more.

Dive into this book and be swept away on a journey around our green and blue planet, from the peak of the snowiest mountaintop to the bottom of the deepest, bluest ocean. Meet the birds circling its skies, the beasts prowling its plains, and the people toiling in its fields and forests and cities... Explore all the worlds that make up our world, and hear the voices, past and present, that sing out from it. From haikus to sonnets, from rap to the Romantics, this joyous collection celebrates life in all corners of our beautiful planet.

These haiku poems for the soul gently introduce children to mindfulness concepts like Om, Yoga and Zen, as well as goals for mindful living like Gratitude and Positivity. With its delightful cast of inclusive characters, this inspirational poetry collection promotes wellbeing with every letter.

En este libro bilingue espanol-ingles, dale las buenas noches a un perrito bueno. Un perrito inquieto que no quiere irse a dormir. !Tiene mucho que hacer, mucho que ver y mucho para jugar! Say goodnight to a good dog in this Spanish-English bilingual board book. This one restless pup does not want to go to sleep--there's too much to do, see, and play with! "The pace of the page turns gently slows down as this good dog heads to his dreams. Goodnight, Good Dog. Sure to be shelved next to Goodnight Moon. It deserves that rarefied spot." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Para un perrito inquieto, estar despierto representa un mundo lleno de maravillas que es dificil de abandonar cuando tiene que irse a dormir, solo hasta que cierra los ojos para disfrutar comodamente de sus suenos. Presentamos la edicion bilingue espanol-ingles de este tierno y sencillo libro escrito por Mary Lyn Ray, el cual celebra imagenes y sonidos nocturnos para que los ninos se duerman tranquilamente. Se facilita la distincion entre el texto en espanol y en ingles por medio de colores diferentes. For one restless pup the waking world is too full of wonder to leave behind at bedtime, until he closes his eyes and finds comfort in his dreams. Mary Lyn Ray's warm and accessible board book, now in a Spanish-English bilingual edition, celebrates the sights and sounds of the night to reassure young children at bedtime. Spanish and English text in two different colors makes for ease of reading.

HEY BLACK CHILD--do you know who you are? Who you really are? So begins the widely-recited poem by Useni Eugene Perkins, to be illustrated by award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier. An ode to black children, this empowering board book is a celebration of African-American lives that promotes the self-esteem, making this both a timely and important book, especially in light of recent events across America. Useni Eugene Perkins's "Hey Black Child" was recently performed on Steve Harvey's show Little Big Shots by four-year-old Pe'Tehn (www.youtube.com and, last Autumn was recited by Pe'Tehn when she was three blowing away viewers and raising awareness for the confidence-building text

Once upon a star, there were no stars to shine - no sun to rise no sun to set no day, no night, nor any time. Discover the origins of the universe! The worlds of poetry and science collide to create this unique book about our sun, our planets, our Earth-and YOU!

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Find out why there are zebras on the ceiling, pizza down your pants, why Dan?s the invisible man and wrestling with an octopus is not a good idea, why gerbils are bedraggled and emus are definitely not for approaching? Join the wacky world of Jack Prelutsky.

At the farm?s karate festival
the lambs and mules were tops.
The mules excelled at kicking,
but the lambs had better chops.

Over one hundred hilarious poems from a poet who has created a world where it rains pigs and noodles, hapless Peter turns into a parking meter, it?s awkward being taller than the average giraffe and where you should watch out for something lurking deep in the refrigerator. You can meet an underdog who is overweight, dancing hippopotami, sniffing snutterwudds, the world?s fastest turtle and Scottish pigs on stilts

Terry Caffrey presents a collection of warm, friendly, laugh-out-loud poetry for children.

Let your children discover the works of poet Emily Dickinson in Emily Dickinson. As the premier title in the Poetry for Kids series, Emily Dickinson introduces children to the works of poet Emily Dickinson. Poet, professor, and scholar Susan Snively has carefully chosen 35 poems of interest to children and their families. Each poem is beautifully illustrated by Christine Davenier and thoroughly explained by an expert. The gentle introduction, which is divided into sections by season of the year, includes commentary, definitions of important words, and a foreword.

From the author of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance, comes this feel-good rhyming story about a brave little lion who dares to be different ... Leo isn't like other lion cubs. Instead of chasing zebras and antelopes, he wants to make friends with them. But can a lion who's so different ever fit in with the rest of his pride? Learn how Leo's kindness brings happiness to the jungle in this colourful picture book story. Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award.

Join Mary and her little lamb, sit next to Miss Muffet on her tuffet and follow the mouse up and down the clock in Animal Rhymes. Toddlers will love using the chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms to bring these classic animal rhymes to life. Scan the QR code to sing along together too! With bright, bold illustrations from Joel and Ashley Selby, this is the perfect gift for little ones. Toddlers can enjoy more classic rhymes fro the Sing and Play series with Bedtime Rhymes, Playtime Rhymes and Action Rhymes.