What if there was a purple planet with purple people on it? Sheree Fitch answers this question with a zany tongue-twister of a poem featuring Mabel Murple, a daredevil who rides a purple motorbike through purple puddles, skis on purple...
Juvenile poetry
- Author:Fitch, Sheree, Smith, SydneySummary:
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Illustrator Roge visited a school in Mingan, an Innu village in northeastern Quebec. He spent a few days taking the time to photograph each child. Once he returned home to his studio, brush in hand, he revisited the eyes of these...
- Author:Labrie, PierreSummary:
Aujourd'hui, il pleut. Il pleut à transformer les flaques d'eau en lacs. Aujourd'hui, il n'y aura pas de récréation dans la cour d'école. Il n'y aura pas plus de pause à l'extérieur après le dîner. Aujourd'hui, tout se passe à...
- Author:Skene, Pat, Ross, GrahamSummary:
In Monster Lunch we dine with Frankenstein, attend a burgoo and a birthday party, meet a grumpy garden dude and slurp hot zoop. Each poem is followed by an interview with the main character or fascinating facts about food. This...
- Author:Steinberg, D.J.Summary:
From the best-selling author of the Here I Come! series, this collection of poems makes a perfect gift for grandmas, abuelas, and bubbes everywhere. "A mirror that captures love and reflects it back to its source—a devoted...
- Author:Steinberg, D.J.Summary:
From the best-selling author of the Here I Come! series, this collection of poems makes a perfect gift for grandpas, abuelos, and zaydes everywhere. Children can celebrate their grandpa with this collection of short poems that honors...
- Author:Fitch, ShereeSummary:
A mother and her two children have fun riding the ferris wheel at an amusement park.
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
Nighty-Night is a lullaby to be enjoyed in the twilight hours before bedtime. Richard’s soothing, rhythmic style is perfect for shared reading, and each stanza is accompanied by warm, loveable photographs of multicultural babies,...
- Author:Milne, A. A.Summary:
Blackstone Audio presents the thirty-five poems and verses from Now We Are Six performed by Peter Dennis. This is the only reading authorized by A.A. Milne's son, Christopher Robin.
- Author:Pendziwol, Jean E., Arsenault, IsabelleSummary:
In this exquisite lullaby, the beauty and wonder of a northern winter night unfold, with images of a soft snowfall, the wild animals that appear in the garden, the twinkling stars, the gentle rhythm of the northern lights and the...
- Author:Agee, JonSummary:
Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Try out these hilarious tongue twisters for lots of fun!
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A collection of profoundly uplifting, attitude-shifting poems and illustrations giving children the boost they need to scatter grey clouds and make sure they're proud. Carefully and lovingly crafted by a diverse selection of...
- Author:Stone, TiffanySummary:
Humorous poems for children about colourful clothing, shoes, and even hair.
- Author:Sidman, JoyceSummary:
The names of colors are woven into unrhymed poems that celebrate the seasons.
- Author:Stepane, Mattie J. T., Winfrey, OprahSummary:
"I write about anything that touches the essence of my existence. What I witness, what I feel, what I think, what I fear, what I treasure. I write about life, which is our greatest gift." —Mattie Stepanek, 1990-2004
Mattie J. T....
- Author:Dahl, RoaldSummary:
Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after. In Dirty Beasts we meet a ghastly menagerie of wonderfully comic animals that can only have been...
- Author:Skene, Pat, Ross, GrahamSummary:
In Rhyme Stones, we go spelunking, we meet a witch who can't stay on her broomstick, a schoolyard bully, and we see how a simple piece of cloth can become anything we want it to be. Each long poem is followed by an exclusive interview...
- Author:Heidbreder, RobertSummary:
Kids still not up? Still sound asleep? Snoozing rug-bugs in a heap. Time to do whatever it takes. Read aloud from SHAKE-AWAKES! Slimy, stinky, stuffed with dread- these poems will scare kids out of bed! But, hey, kids, there are poems...
- Author:Leach, Sara, Bender, RebeccaSummary:
Lauren, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (an umbrella term that has included Asperger Syndrome since 2013), navigates the ups and downs of school and home life. School friendships have always been a challenge, but Lauren finds she is...
- Author:Crozier, LornaSummary:
A rhyming, illustrated board book for babies that explores all of the places that baby animals may live, including forests, caves, jungles, burrows and beyond.