Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Poetry (see also Stories in Verse)

This highly illustrated book by Ann Marie Tomlins uses another of her children's poems (her first was about Louie the Looney Loon Who Wanted to Fly to the Moon). This time the poem is about a Lion who decides he wants to leave his boring existance at the zoo to experience the excitement of life in the wild. He shortly discovers he is missed by all the children that used to visit him, and eventually he decides to return. Most of the simple poem lines are in large text on one page with full-page illustrations by Hailey McCarthy (who previously illustrated Donkey Oatie's Irish Visitor for Tom...

A Fright in the Night and Other Rhymes is Matthew "Morbid" Hartley's second collection of humorous poems for kids. In these pages you'll find frighteningly funny poems about ghoulish ghosts, wicked witches, vile vampires and a host of other mischievous monsters.

This delightfully nightmarish collection features illustrations by Lori "Looney" Escobar.

From thirsty dogs to old horses to pesky seagulls and fishy tales; from family squabbles to sports day races and flooded creeks; from letting loose on a skateboard to dancing amongst the trees; these wonderful poems are full of joy, humour and keen observation and will entertain and amuse a whole new generation of young readers.

This new edition of Max Fatchen's much-loved classic of children's poetry features an introduction by award-winning author Janeen Brian and lively cover and internal illustrations by Kathy Creamer.

P. Calavara has done it again If by "doing it again" you mean "published another borderline nonsensical book." In this case the book is a book of poems for children about rabbits, which you might have been able to surmise from its almost impossibly clever title: Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits.

A Moose On My Roof is a short story (hardback) for children. Each page has fantastic, water color illustrations that children will love. It has rhyming text to go with the illustrations: or illustrations to go with the rhyming text. Both are great for children: and for adults who never grew up.

Have fun reading this book filled with things that go bump in the night that you really do not need to fear Written by Tony Ridgway, this book will get you thinking about how some people are really monsters, while some monsters are really quite nice people In fact, here is what you will find in this book, according to one expert who says:

"This book is an excellent tool to develop and expand the following knowledge and skills in children:

Vocabulary; Imagination;Creativity; Emotional intelligence; Stereotyping; Listening skills; Reading skills; Bibliotherapy to assist with...