Following last season's Little Parsley, this new Hagerup volume was first published in Norway in 1971. At the time, it was a literary scandal for offering free verse to children, who were best suited, as the critics claimed, to the orderly rhymes of established poetic forms. Time and the inherently free and wild forms of youthful imagination have proven the critics completely wrong. Gorgeously illustrated by Paul Rene Gauguin, with his most antic line, as well as hand lettered, and playfully translated by Beck Crook, this collection of Hagerup poems is pure pleasure.

"A beautiful poetic and visual delight" Joseph Coelho A BEAUTIFULLY EVOCATIVE STORY OF A CHILD'S JOURNEY TO ENGLAND ON BOARD EMPIRE WINDRUSH, FROM AN INTERNATIONALLY CELEBRATED, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING POET AND AN EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT ILLUSTRATOR. "you're stepping into history bringing your Caribbean eye to another horizon" With one last hug, Windrush chid waves goodbye to his Caribbean home and sets sail across the ocean to Britain. In this powerful picture book, full of hope and promise, celebrated poet John Agard and illustrator Sophie Bass movingly evoke the journey made by children and their families as part of the Windrush Generation. PRAISE FOR JOHN AGARD'S WINDRUSH CHILD: "A poetic story brought to life by Sophie Bass's colour-popping illustrations." Daily Mail "A beautiful picture book with gorgeous illustrations ... I couldn't think of a better way for young children to learn about history and understand the world." David Walliams "John Agard's hopeful poem commemorates a child's Windrush journey from the Caribbean, and bold and vivid illustrations sing of palm trees and mangos left behind, and new experiences, including pigeons and terraced houses and snow." 'One to Watch', The Sunday Times (Culture) "Debut illustrator Bass's intricate, colourful, arresting pictures bring out all the resonances of Agard's spare text in this story of a child, a ship, a journey, and a new life enriched by the loves and memories of the old." Guardian "A stunning picture book ... with the distinctive, vibrant art of Sophie Bass." The Bookseller "A gorgeous bedtime read that will reward repeat readings, deceptively simple, emotionally deep." Joseph Coelho

A tender, poetic picture book about a military family experiencing happiness, heartache, and learning to grow through change "Changes come and changes go. Love through changes makes love grow." When her mother is deployed overseas, a young girl is temporarily parted from her beloved dog. Told in spare yet lyrical verse, this picture book shares a powerful message about the different ways we show love, from giving, to growing together, to sometimes letting go. But don't worry, this pet story has a happy ending.

When he came across an old-English limerick that made him laugh, playwright Ranjit Bolt started writing nonsensical verse to entertain his friends. On a whim he decided to staple some together and offer them at a market in his home town of Cambridge when not writing plays. Readers would go away chuckling to themselves and the booklets flew away. Their chuckling response led to A Lion Was Learning to Ski.

In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander's Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee.

Twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.

This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match.

A classic collection of festive poems, stories and activities by Kate Greenaway-winning author, Shirley Hughes. This beautiful Christmas anthology contains winter adventures, seasonal poems, festive recipes and easy-to-make craft activities as well as Shirley Hughes' trademark warm and classic illustrations. Whether reading stories and poems to little ones or encouraging them to make beautiful crafts and Christmas treats, this book is the perfect introduction to this very special time of year.

"There's a rumble in the jungle, there's a whisper in the tress; the animals are waking up and rustling the leaves!" Join this rhyming safari and meet everyone from the elphing elephant to the gangly giraffe, and maybe even the terrible tiger!

There's nothing like a good monster bedtime story to give you the warm fuzzies! Discover all kinds of loveable monsters living in the pages of this vibrant, colorful rhyming book.

If you're sleepy in the jungle And you wish to find a pillow, Take a friendly word of warning: DO NOT USE AN ARMADILLO! Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the delightful poems in this extensive collection convey the experiences of childhood with a fresh timelessness.

'Poet-Linc: poetry slam' is the unique documentation of a contest created to celebrate an untapped pool of talented young artists from New York, composing their original poetry around a central theme: "I have a voice". Collated with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts the world's leading presenter of artistic programming and a national leader in arts education and community relations and non-profit organisations from each of the city's five boroughs, the season's initiative centred around a rationale of assisted teaching of participants via professional guidance, to help each of these new "slam poets" find their own individual voice. The project looks to simultaneously alter the perception of the Center as a Manhattan-centric institution, highlighting a pluralistic and accessible approach to its work through collaboration with progressive community organisations such as Curtis High School, El Puente, Girls Write Now, Global Writes, SAYA! (South Asian Youth Actions) and Urban Word. Divided into three thematically diverse rounds Declarative Poem, Narrative Poem and Free Verse/Free Style over an intensive six-week period, the competition comprised a fierce series of 'battles' between the separate community organisations involved, each competing for just two spots in the Grand Slam Final. 'Poet-Linc: poetry slam' contains over 100 poems from the stars of the series, alongside work from established world names such as Darian Dauchan, Erik Maldonado and Shanelle Gabriel, as well as critical essays on the medium and the season. The poems themselves portray a varied and illuminating survey into the attuned teenage mind, exploring and often inverting themes of race, love, lust, family and class in the playful, sardonic and relentless ebb and flow of the poetry slam itself. ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 colour and b/w illustrations