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Presents diverse new poems alongside earlier unpublished work. It is a wild, unpredicatable expression of exuberance for words, love, and social justice. The poems are about the act of writing; about Hone's beloved Shirley Grace; about his hunger for the bounty of Tangaroa, music and sex. They reflect with humour and raw candour the challenges of ageing while having an unquenchable lust for life. Hone Tuwhare has won two Montana NZ Book Awards, has been Te Mata Poet Laureate, and held two honorary doctorates in literature. At 82, h... read more
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Over 100 poems from 44 contributors make up this dynamic collection of poetry for Kiwi children. The initial premise was to give each poet a letter of the alphabet to work with but, as Jenny says in her introduction, poets can be 'notoriously difficult to control' and took liberal (and welcome) license on their directive. The result is a lively and diverse array of writing for children. from some of New Zealand's best and most interesting poets - including Cliff Fell, David Hill, Denis Welch, Jack Ross, James Brown, Kingi MacKinnon... read more
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Reading age 4 yrs+. Perennial favourites, these sixteen delightful poems from James K. Baxter's collection for children are destined to be family treasures.
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"Here's a Little Poem" is a superb selection of over fifty poems by English and American authors, including Wendy Cope, Roger McGough, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Colin McNaughton, Jack Prelutsky, Langston Hughes, and many more. Affectionately describing the early experiences of young children, this is a warmly illustrated, imaginative world of first encounters.
Here are over 65 daft poems about creatures of all shapes and sizes, smells and habits, aliens, giants, dinosaurs, monsters, babies and, of course, lots of boys and girls
An illustrated collection of 50 funny poems by a master of the genre. This anthology of rhymes on a range of silly topics will have children (and adults) rolling with laughter. For example, "Coathanger". "I gave my love a coathanger. She flung it back at me. It acted like a boomerang, And hit her on the knee." All poems are illustrated in an absurdly appealing style.
Using Jason Stemple's dazzling photographs as a backdrop, Jane Yolen takes young readers on a whimsical journey through Mother Nature's glorious landscape.
n the fifth book in the Visions in Poetry series, award-winning illustrator Stephane Jorisch explores the nonsense world created by Edward Lear.
"Softly realistic, period-style watercolors effectively highlight the mood of each selection...vocabulary or context notes on just about every page, and the book opens with a brief but illuminating biography."--"School Library Journal"
He was the greatest poet and playwright who ever lived, the dramatist who penned lines that we quote without even realising their origin. Shakespeare's glorious works have even inspired animated films - like Disney's "The Lion King". Introduce children to the Bard with this wonderful, fully annotated collection of sonnets and soliloquies, enhanced with beautiful, highly realistic colour paintings that bring each excerpt to vivid life. Here are Shakespeare's most famous speeches: including everything from "Hamlets" - 'To be or not t... read more
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Finalist New Zealand Post Picture Book 2005. The Night Kite is a marvellous collaboration between father and son. A first book of children's verse by well-known poet and actor Peter Bland, beautifully illustrated by artist and actor Carl Bland. There are poems to amuse, poems to have fun with, and poems that will make you think. Here as a collection of poetry that will delight readers of all ages.
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This title is a classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure, sweeping across many centuries and different lands, from Scandinavia to Spain to the south-west of England. At its heart is the ship's skipper, Bruno, cursed to a life of eternal wandering in a moment of greed and betrayal.
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Michelle's poems feature everything redback spiders and sharks to koalas and sugar gliders. Ages 6+.
