The Word Witch: The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy by Margaret Mahy Edited by Tessa Duder
$46.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: Very Good
Honour Award, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010. The Word Witch can lasso with a limerick, haunt with a haiku and wrap you tight in a rhyme, quick as lightning. Her cauldron is a dictionary, her wand a mighty pen, and she stirs her words at midnight, making tempting treats for children, to pl ...Show more
The Lakes of Mars by Chris Orsman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
The Lakes of Mars is a stunning new collection of poems by Chris Orsman that follow on from his most recent book, South: An Antarctic Journey, a sequence about Captain Scott's final expedition to Antarctica. These new poems are a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landsca ...Show more
The Moon in the Man by Elizabeth Honey
$16.95 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
A popular bouncing-on-the-knee, joining-in, happy times, make-'em-laugh picture book of nutty rhymes for the very young, from one of Australia's favourite children's authors. Tired of 'Baa baa black sheep' and 'Humpty Dumpty'? Try this - a riot of rhyme and rhythm, colour and movement, word play and ...Show more
Just You Wait! by Megan de Kantzow (illus Craig Smith)
$15.99 NZD
$16.50 (3% off)
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: From 5 To 99
Royal Highness College is a school for fairytale characters. It has dungeons, and a forest with Hundred Year Thorns. It has a Dark Tower, and a dragon. It also has Prince Roderick, the worst school bully, and Eleanor True is growing very, very tied of being teased by him. Prince Roderick had better watc ...Show more
Playtime Rhymes by Sally Gardner
$20.00 NZD
$21.99 (9% off)
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: From 3 to 5
The perfect collection of rhymes for children to sing, count, hop, skip, jump and dance to. Chosen with the help of infant school teachers, the 37 rhymes include all-time favourites such as 'The Wheels on the Bus', 'Old MacDonald had a Farm', 'If You're Happy and You Know It' and 'Ten Fat Sausages'. It ...Show more
A World of Poetry by Michael Rosen
$16.95 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Series: Poetry S. | Reading Level: 10+
An eclectic mixture of poetry, ballads, limericks, riddles and nonsense verse from all over the world. They range from the famous to the unknown, from the thoughtful to the hilarious, and from poems thousands of years old to some that are new.
Beauty and the Beast by Max Eilenberg
$32.00 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
A deep forest, a garden by a magical palace, an enchanted Beast, and a promise made to the merchant's youngest daughter, Beauty. The scene is set for a love story.
Ten in the Bed and Other Counting Rhymes by Zita Newcome
$14.90 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
This volume contains over 25 great counting rhymes - one man went to mow, two little dickie birds, five bananas, ten fat sausages - there are action rhymes and story rhymes and rhymes to sing, all accompanied by lively illustrations.
The Orchard Nursery Collection by Helen Craig
$29.95 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
The Orchard Book of Favourite Stories and Poems by Margaret Mayo
$26.99 NZD
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children | Reading Level: From 2 To 6
A jolly first collection, bursting with well-loved traditional rhymes, exciting new poetry and amusing little stories. Whether a parent only has a couple of minutes or an hour, this book is perfect for sharing with a toddler or young child. Lovingly created by master storyteller Margaret Mayo, it has tw ...Show more
The Orchard Book of Favourite Rhymes and Verse by Anon
$24.95 NZD
$29.99 (16% off)
Category: Poetry & nursery rhymes - children
A wonderful poetry collection for toddlers and young children, offering a rich mix of traditional and nonsense verse, classic favourites and lively poems by modern writers. The authors range from Giles Andreae to Spike Milligan to A.A. Milne. Carefully chosen by Margaret Mayo, a master storyteller for t ...Show more