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5-8 years
Poetry/Rhyme
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A is Amazing
Whether you are feeling lonely, joyful, bored, excited or naughty, there is a poem for every mood in this delightful children’s poetry anthology exploring emotions and feelings.
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Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum
There is a poem to appeal to everyone in this thoughtful and fun collection
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The Night Before Christmas
There have been countless editions of Clement's poem but none has transcended this one illustrated by talented artist Christian Birmingham.
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Me
A baby penguin realises how small he is and on each page he compares himself to the world around him.
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Number Rhymes: Tens and Teens
Learning is always more effective when it's fun and this lively picture book, which is packed with songs and rhymes, is ideal for giving young children a head start with number confidence.
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I'm a Little Teapot!
A lively board book in which children introduce the popular rhyme and the accompanying actions. One of the children pictured has a hearing aid.
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Goldilocks on CCTV
By turns funny, poignant and insightful Agard’s poems are told with a direct and distinctive voice
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Stormy Weather
All over the world baby animals are preparing to go to sleep. Foxes, seals, rabbits, owls and even snails have shared a bedtime story and said goodnight.
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Room on the Broom and Other Songs
Clap your hands, tap your feet and join in with these songs for children, based on books ranging from 'Room on the Broom' to 'The Snail and the Whale'.
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Mister Magnolia
Children will love the energy and humour of the verse, which works best read aloud, and the appealing, colourful illustrations include lots of fascinating details that children will love picking out.
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A Goodnight Kind of Feeling
Vivid, colourful illustrations beautifully convey the exhilaration felt by a small person with the whole world to explore.
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Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
A collection of short poems, both classic and modern, to lull fidgety children towards slumber.
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The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems
Poets ranging from Robert Louis Stevenson to Eleanor Farjeon are featured in each of the themed sections devoted to subjects such as animals, night time, food and nonsense verse.
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Friendly Matches
Friendly Matches is an entertaining, and at times thought-provoking, collection of poetry about football.
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Peek-a-Boo!
The exuberant characters include children on supported mats, a child with a leg splint and a parent with a hearing aid.
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Have You Ever Ever Ever?
An essential book for everyone, which expounds the importance of libraries, books and the wonders which lie within them!
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Let’s Celebrate! Festival poems from around the world
Everyone loves a celebration and with this lively, multicultural, poetry anthology there is an excuse to celebrate almost all year round
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The Catnapping Cat
Although Matt the cat knows exactly the best sort of place for a nap, his witch tries sleeping like all sorts of animals before she eventually finds the right place to sleep.
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Follow that Bear if you Dare
Hare thinks he loves bears, so he buys a book which he thinks will help him catch one.
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Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
Some poems are funny, some desperately sad. But in Rosen's hands, small, scruffy words you don't even notice gain extra weight and meaning...
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There's A House Inside My Mummy
This is just the book to explain to inquisitive children what going on inside mum during pregnancy.
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Five Little Ducks
This board book has popular rhymes and songs with young children signing key words. It also features a child with an arm splint and a child with a hearing aid.
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Perky Little Penguins
The penguins are enjoying themselves in the snow, until they discover a seal pup who has lost his mum, so they comfort and entertain him until she returns for him.
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Something's Drastic
A diverse selection of fun and lively poems for children
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Roar!
With its appealing animal characters to slot into the correct environment, Roar! is a huge favourite amongst parents and young children alike.
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The Cat in the Hat (app)
Click on the objects on every page to find the word. With the sound of rain falling you feel as though you’re fully immersed in the book.
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Seven for a Secret
From high up in her apartment in the city, Ruby exchanges letters with her Grandpa who tells her all about the magpies outside his cottage in the woods and teaches her the magpie song.
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The Dog Who Could Dig
A brilliantly funny book - the rhymes carry the reader through the pages.
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The Bear went over the Mountain
The popular rhyme is brought to life with lively pictures of Baby bear and Grandbear playing in a mountain of bedclothes.
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Revolting Rhymes
This is an hilarious collection of some well-loved fairy tales, cleverly reinvented by Roald Dahl.
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Leaves Are Like Traffic Lights
Featuring turbo-charged trees, double agent forests and leaves that perform magic, this is a wide-ranging collection of fun, lyrical and thought-provoking poems.
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Bubble Trouble
Word and image magically combine in this amusing fantasy. of a baby inadvertently (or purposely?) wafted away in a giant bubble blown by his older sister.
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All Afloat on Noah's Boat!
Combine bright, funny, action-packed pictures with a rap-style rhyming text telling a favourite story, and you get a book like this, guaranteed to engage readers of all ages.
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The Language of Cat
A wonderful testament to the scope and versatility of language which youngsters will enjoy reading and which is likely to inspire them to be creative in their own poetic endeavours.
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Superworm
Superworm is a hero with a difference. Super-long and super-strong, he's always on hand to help out the other creatures - until the evil Wizard Lizard captures him.
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Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
Join in the fun as all the animals come together for a chaotic dinner party! Tasty treats are on the menu - but unfortunately not all of the animals have very good table manners.
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Letters to Anyone and Everyone
Discover a collection of extraordinary letters in this magical new volume of short stories.
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A Little Aloud for Children
Ideal for classroom use as well as bedtime reading, this is a delightfully varied and enjoyable collection.
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Tiger on a Tree
A highly original picture book from India, this is the story of a tiger who ventures onto human territory.
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Octopus Socktopus
Brightly coloured octopuses appear throughout the pages of this fun pop-up book from Nick Sharratt.
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Come into This Poem
This latest anthology is a complete mixture: from the fun and energetic to the dreamy and ethereal
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The Storyteller's Secrets
Toby and Tess meet an old man in an old fashioned robe carrying a staff. He gives his name as Teller and he tells the children five traditional tales in rhyming verse.
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A Strange Place to Call Home
This illustrated collection of poems explores nature's miracles: creatures who survive in some of the world's most hostile places.
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Actions to accompany the verses are demonstrated in lively watercolour illustrations of bright and cheerful babies, bursting with energy.
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Can it be About Me?
Exploring life in and out of the classroom, the poems in this collection explore everything from spelling tests to best friends, teachers to secrets
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My Village: Rhymes from Around the World
Printed beside each rhyme is its native language version. The illustrations are designed to attract even the youngest audience, lively, colourful and child-centred.
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Croc by the Rock
Jake finds what he thinks is proof of a crocodile in his local pond. He tells a man in a van, and the man sends his dog to take a look...
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The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas
Danny is greedy and spoilt - he already has so many toys there is no space in his room. When he sends Santa a long list for Christmas, St Nick decides to teach him a lesson.
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My Henry
Unconventional subject matter for the very young is presented with gentle humour and a sense of great joy






