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A stunning collection of animal poems from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, celebrating with heart and humour the creatures with whom we share our planet.
Collaborating once more with iconic artist, Michael Foreman, Morpurgo's poems are inspired by The Carnival of the Animals – a humorous musical by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Building on this classic framework, Michael has added many more animals – they speak in their own voices, full of humour and brio, to tell of their lives and the impact of humanity on their habitats.
With full colour illustrations throughout, this celebrated partnership has created a book with a strong ecological message that will also ignite a love of poetry in young readers and will appeal to fans of The Lost Words. Above all it is a celebration of the natural world in verse, a book to treasure and to inspire.
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What The Seal Saw
(Hardcover)
Sherry McMillan; Illustrated by Carla Maskall
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A beautiful collection featuring all of Kit Wright's finest poems.
It includes poems from his bestselling and universally loved
collections, Hot Dog, Rabbiting On, Cat Among the Pigeons and Great
Snakes and many other treasures too. from The Magic Box I will put
in the box the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from
the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a
tooth. I will put in the box a snowman with a rumbling belly, a sip
of bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric
fish.
Bestselling author Max Lucado will teach your children to pray and
praise with these rhyming bedtime prayers about blessings, needs,
fears, and hopes, written by Max and his wife Denalyn. After talking to
God each night, your little one will fall asleep feeling loved and safe.
With updated selections from Lucado Treasury of Bedtime Prayers, this
board book edition for toddlers and preschoolers includes:
• Original prayers, revised to speak to the unique challenges and joys
of little ones
• Prayers from the Bible that small children can understand
• Calming nature scenes of animal families
• A heartfelt note to parents about making prayer a priority
Add this essential board book to your family's routine to:
• Introduce children 0 to 3 to the habit of talking with God each day
• Model prayers of gratitude, worship, asking for help, and sharing
worries
• Calm little minds and bodies with God's peace
With sweet and simple rhyming prayers, short Scriptures, and classic
artwork, this prayer book makes a meaningful gift for baby showers,
adoption presents, dedications, christenings, baptisms, birthdays,
Easter, and Christmas. Show your kids that God listens to their prayers
and He cares what they have to say with Bedtime Prayers for Little Ones.
How to Write Poems is packed with exciting activities to get your
pen flowing! Make poems out of leaves, carve out a mud poem, go on
an outdoors simile hunt, and play poetry games in the playground.
Whether you already write poems, you've never written before, or
you're not even sure what a poem is - this is the book for you.
Full of useful tips and starting points, How to Write Poems will
make you chuckle, make you think, and inspire you to write your own
poetry. Join the Children's Laureate, Joseph Coelho, as he explores
a mind-boggling selection of poetry: from laughable limericks to
poetic puns, and from ridiculous rhymes to silly sibilance. Pick up
this book, grab a pen, and get going!
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She Will Soar
(Hardcover)
Ana Sampson; Edited by Ana Sampson
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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 the present day, it
includes poems on wanderlust, travel, daydreams, flights of fancy,
escaping into books, tranquillity, courage, hope and resilience.
From frustrated housewives to passionate activists, from servants
and suffragettes to some of today's most gifted writers, here is a
bold choir of voices demanding independence and celebrating their
hard-won power. Immerse yourself in poems by Carol Ann Duffy,
Christina Rossetti, Stevie Smith, Sarah Crossan, Emily Dickinson,
Salena Godden, Mary Jean Chan, Charly Cox, Nikita Gill, Fiona
Benson, Hollie McNish and Grace Nichols to name but a few
A picture book edition of Us Two and other favourite A.A.Milne poems.
Wherever I am, there's always Pooh
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do.
This selection of poetry from A.A.Milne’s When We Were Very Young and
Now We Are Six, features Christopher Robin and his dear friend, Pooh,
with beautiful decorations from Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator E. H.
Shepard, making it the perfect book for those who would like to be six
for ever and ever.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
(Paperback)
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander; Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
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"A must read" - Marcus Rashford MBE. A New York Times Bestseller.
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a
biographical novel of seismic cultural importance... Before he was
a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any
other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly
depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse,
including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he
faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about
Cassius' family and neighbours in Louisville, Kentucky, and how,
after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur
boxer at age twelve. Before long, he won his first Golden Gloves
bout and began his transformation into the unrivalled Muhammad Ali.
Fully authorised by and written in cooperation with the Muhammad
Ali estate, and vividly brought to life by Dawud Anyabwile's
dynamic artwork, Becoming Muhammad Ali captures the budding
charisma and youthful personality of one of the greatest sports
heroes of all time.
The perfect gift for a current band members and band directors, and
a hilarious look back for band alumni, Band Nerds: Poetry is a
delightfully geeky instant classic to share with all the music
lovers in your life! Music's among us, wherever you look, there's
band nerds around us even reading this book. For anyone who's been
in band, seen a band, or can spell the word "band," this one is for
you! Band Nerds: Poetry From The 13th Chair Trombone Player is a
book of hilariously inspiring poems and illustrations all about-you
guessed it-BAND! Come join the wild antics of those lovable band
nerds like the egotistical trumpet player, bad-boy percussionists,
flirty-yet-stuck-up flute, overzealous oboe, and many more. Explore
the humorous and zany world of band geeks, music dweebs, and
well...you get the picture. But be careful-you might just fall in
love with them!
This is another very special Bellissima book written for kids, this
time for who are either in the hospital, going to the hospital or
who are just plain hospital kids. The book is intended to be real,
but at the same time be funny and entertaining and allow a hospital
kid to express what he or she is feeling about everything and to
make the best of their hospital stay. Penelope Dyan has an affinity
for kids and feels what their hearts are saying. This is her way to
help just a little bit. A former teacher of grades k-3 and an
attorney, Dyan's book 'Surfer Girl' was the winner of best teen
book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood
Book Festival. Penelope Dyan's 'Surfer Girl' is also recognized by
the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida
and other numerous awards. Dyan is also a mother and grandmother
and brings with her this added insight and expertise. So read and
laugh and cry. Do it all with this funny little book of 'Poetry For
Kids.' The profits from this book (both hardcover and soft cover)
will be going to a very special hospital kid named Kourtney. If you
would like to know more about Kourtney read Diagnosing Kourtney by
Laura Najjar.
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 own rules of
the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will
enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The
Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life.
Each rule contains wisdom from inspiring athletes and role models
such as Nelson Mandela, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Carli Lloyd,
Steph Curry, and Michelle Obama. Kwame Alexander also shares his
own stories of overcoming obstacles and winning games in this
motivational and inspirational book for readers of any age and for
anyone needing a little bit of encouragement. You gotta know the
rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar.
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