The Art of Walking Upright by Glenn Colquhoun
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2000 winner Best first book - poetry. Glenn is a doctor. During his training he took a year off to live in a remote Bay of Islands community. This is a profound, beautiful and funny distillation of that experience. Rich insights into Maori and Pakeha - a vision of Aotearo ...Show more
The Awesome Book of Rap, Rhyme and Putrid Poetry by Andy Jones
$16.98 NZD
Category: Poetry
The funniest collection of rap, rhyme, riddles and poems you've EVER read! An awesome new collection from the bestselling author of THE ENORMOUS BOOK OF HOT JOKES FOR KOOL KIDS and THE FARTIONARY. Ages 6+
The B on Your Thumb by Colette Hiller
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The B on Your Thumb is a book of rhymes and delightful ditties to boost early reading. Each rhyme teaches a particular sound, spelling or rule, and will delight young children with the silliness of the English language.
The Bedtime Poem for Edible Children by Libbi Gorr
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
I don't want spaghetti. I don't want no rice. I have a feeling that my little baby will taste nice. Please don't give me fish fingers or hot potato bake. It's supper time and you are mine, served up on a plate! This colourful lift-the-flaps picture book is perfect for little ones whose parents find ...Show more
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems is a brilliantly funny anthology of the most giggle-worthy children's poems from one of the UK's most celebrated children's poets, Brian Moses. Perfect for gifting and for reading aloud.
The Big Amazing Poetry Book: 52 Weeks of Poetry From 52 Brilliant Poets by Gaby Morgan
$44.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A brilliant introduction to 52 fantastic poets introduced by Roger McGough and illustrated by Chris Riddell. The Big Amazing Poetry Book is a warm, funny collection packed with different styles of poetry - ballads, riddles, tongue-twisters, shape poems, haikus, sonnets and raps - about seasons, festival ...Show more
The Big Amazing Poetry Book: 52 Weeks of Poetry From 52 Brilliant Poets by Gaby Morgan
$13.99 NZD
$27.99 (50% off)
Category: Poetry
From John Agard and Julia Donaldson to Nikita Gill, Brian Bilston and Carol Ann Duffy, The Big Amazing Poetry Book is a brilliant, accessible introduction to poetry and to fifty-two fantastic poets. Introduced by Roger McGough, the book features the illustrations of former Children's Laureate and belove ...Show more
The Billy that Died with its Boots On and Other Australian Verse by Stephen Whiteside
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
'Twas the billy that died with its boots on, a billy you couldn't replace. It lay on the ground, where it couldn't be found, 'cause the track was so hard to retrace.' With galloping rhythm and snappy rhyme, Stephen Whiteside's read-aloud poems portray the Australian outdoors, sporting life and animals, ...Show more
The Book of Complete Nonsense (Vintage Classics)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Come bathe in stew, and dine on meals of eels or worms or jellied gnats, See shoes and ships and sealing wax and fuzzy bears and owls and cats, Depart for the Land where the Bong Tree grows or the Land of Bumbley Boo Find sky in your pie and teatrays in the sky and a place where mice say moo. But be war ...Show more
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice by A. F. Harrold
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A riotous celebration of words and a modern take on cautionary tales featuring advice on parrots, gravy, mathematics, castles (bouncy), spiders, vegetables (various), breakfast, cakes, and removing ducks from soup.Advice comes in many shapes. Poems come in many shapes. And so, it follows, poems of advic ...Show more
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beau ...Show more
The Day War Came (HB) by Nicola Davies
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee. The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep. Imagine if, on an ordinary day, a ...Show more