The Billy that Died with its Boots On and Other Australian Verse by Stephen Whiteside
$19.99 AUD
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
A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies
$16.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
From beachcombing to stargazing - and from watching squirrels, ducks and worms to making berry crumble or a winter bird feast - this book is a glorious reminder that the natural world is on our doorstep waiting to be discovered.
Doggy Ditties from A to Z by Jo van Dam
$15.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
"Doggy ditties, rather witty about a kid's best friend; a crazy collection, a silly selection, from A through to Z at the end." Anybody's who's ever had a dog - or yearned to have one - will love these A-Z ditties about lots of different breeds of dog.
Firefly July and Other Very Short Poems by Paul B Janeczko
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
It only takes a few words, if they're the right words, to create a strong image. Whether listened to in the comfort of a cozy lap or read independently, the thirty-six very short poems in this collection remind readers young and old that a few perfec
Poems to Perform by Julia Donaldson
$9.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
In this collection, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and in the notes section at the end of the book are her notes and ideas on performing them. Julia's passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading and grow in confidence is informed by her own ...Show more
The Book of Complete Nonsense (Vintage Classics)
$9.99 AUD
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
Because a Fire Was in My Head by Michael Morpurgo
$15.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A wonderful anthology of poems to set fire to the imagination. We only have to 'remember, remember the 5th of November' to see a dark night filled with fireworks and bonfires. In their many different ways - through their sounds, rhythms, stories, surprises and jokes - these poems will set the fireworks ...Show more
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Michael Morpurgo
$17.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
This is a spell-binding modern retelling of a classic children's tale by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, with glorious illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orph ...Show more
The Tyger Voyage by Nicola Bayley
$14.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A gentleman tyger and his son set sail from Victorian England into the timeless unknown. Together they roam across the seas, through jungles, past ice-covered mountains and erupting volcanoes and many more unexpected hazards along the way. "Bayley is a brilliant artist whose pictures glow like Medieval ...Show more
The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear by Edward Lear
$39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Welcome to the world of Edward Lear! Wonderfully reissued in 2012 to celebrate the bicentenary of Edward Lear, this exquisitely-illustrated hardback is a classic in the making. John Vernon's Lord's stunning illustrations completely capture the spirit and satirical wit of Lear's work, conveying a lifelon ...Show more
A Book for Kids by C.J. Dennis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Do you remember 'The Triantiwontigongolope'? Or 'The Song of the Sulky Stockman'? In 1921, C.J. Dennis dedicated A Book for Kids to children "over four and under four-and-eighty" and it has been making Australian children laugh ever since. As Phillip Adams says, it's "an Australian classic".
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll; Oleg Lipchenko (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
"The Hunting of the Snark" was first published in 1876, eleven years after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and four years after "Through the Looking-Glass." It is a master-piece of nonsense and is connected to "Through the Looking-Glass" by its use of vocabulary from the poem "Jabberwocky." "The Hunt ...Show more