To My Country by Ben Lawson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Ben Lawson was preparing for another Christmas away from home when the Black Summer bushfires began to burn their way across Australia's eastern coast. As the bushfires continued to rage into the new year on an unprecedented scale, Ben, feeling angry, helpless and broken-hearted as he watched the ...Show more
Passage by Bianca Bowers
$15.00 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
In her second book of poetry, Bianca Bowers deconstructs and redefines her identity beyond the confines of domesticity while exploring her creative voice and searching for an unattainable sense of belonging as an Australian immigrant. I watch the moon dwarf my bedroom window and shelter inside a questio ...Show more
Butterfly Voyage by Bianca Bowers (Illustrator)
$21.99 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
ForewardOn 30 May, 2016, at 1.52 am, I woke from a dream and scribbled... I am the mother who always loved you Seventy three lines later I had penned (or rather channelled) a cryptic poem that seemed to contain an urgent message. At that stage I had no idea what it meant, but my intuition told me that a ...Show more
Can I Touch Your Hair? by Charles Waters and Irene Latham
$30.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to. Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, use this fictional setup to delve into different experiences of race in a relatable way, explorin ...Show more
Dear Ugly Sisters & other poems by Laura Mucha; Tania Rex (Illustrator)
$19.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Original, dazzling, and unconventional, this brilliant first solo collection has a surprise on every page. Go on a night flight, have a monster's lunch, immerse yourself in birdsong. Shout out an Apatosaurus rap before checking out Alexander Fleming's petri dish. Find fairy tales with a twist, poems to ...Show more
Belonging Street by Mandy Coe
$19.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
A stunningly wide-ranging collection from a popular poet, encompassing the natural world, city life, family and belonging -suffused with magic, warmth and empathy. I’m going to make this city green, a deep, shining green, right here where I lie I’ll make this city green. Look out for the tree that sav ...Show more
On the Move: Poems About Migration by Michael Rosen
$25.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Former Children’s Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a personal and uniquely affecting collection of poems about migration. "What you leave behind Won't leave your mind. But home is where you find it. Home is where you find it." Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces ...Show more
The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes by Jackie Morris
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favorite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as The Cat and the Fiddle in 2011, this edition includes a new introduction by Jackie Morris--a spirited defense of ...Show more
Who Makes a Forest? by Sally Nicholls; Carolina Rabei (Illustrator)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Poetically written by award-winning Sally Nicholls and beautifully illustrated by Carolina Rabei, this gorgeous book features a non-fiction section about the different types of forests around the world, their importance to our ecosystem and the impact of deforestation on our planet.
There's a Crocodile in the House by Paul Cookson; Liz Million (Illustrator)
$15.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
A favourite poet’s new collection of verse for children, ranging from riotously funny to gently scary and outright absurdity. Paul Cookson’s staggeringly versatile range as a performance poet is fully displayed in this new collection. Humour, danger, wonder, surprise are the elements underlying his wor ...Show more
The Magic of Mums by Justin Coe; Steve Wells (Illustrator)
$15.00 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Mothers in all their splendid variety are celebrated in Justin Coe's sparkling new collection of poems. Following up on the success of his Dictionary of Dads (2017), Justin Coe's new collection of poems focuses on Mums, in all their variety. In fact around 50 different Mums feature in verses that are so ...Show more
Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker
$28.00 AUD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
From the hidden wonders of fossilization, rocks and the water cycle, to awe-inspiring spectacles like volcanoes, thunderstorms and glaciers, discover the magnificent ways the world works in this unique and beautiful approach to earth science. Vivid illustrations by William Grill, the Kate Greenaway meda ...Show more