Zim Zam Zoom!

Zim Zam Zoom!
Author: James Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-06
Genre: Children's poetry, English
ISBN: 9781910959053

Colors, animals, space, music, fairytale fireworks...! Here is a collection of 16 poems especially written for reading out loud and performance. Perfect for the classroom and also for reading aloud at home. With delightful illustrations by a talented new illustrator, this is a brilliant introduction to poetry for young children.

I'm a Little Alien

I'm a Little Alien
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781847804815

Zoom around this book to find aliens, stars and a greedy robot - as well as funny faces and a ball that won't bounce back! This is a fun and playful new collection by an award-winning poet who knows how to inspire and delight very young children.

Ten Fat Sausages

Ten Fat Sausages
Author: Michelle Robinson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524793302

Count along in this hilarious rhyming picture book as ten sizzling sausages attempt a daring escape from the frying pan! But with a kitchen full of dangers, will they make it out alive? Ten fat sausages sizzle in a pan... a place, they realize, where they do not want to be. So they decide to do something daring. Try something new. They're going to make a run for it. Come on a great escape through the kitchen as we follow each sausage on their journey. Will they succeed? Or will the cat, blender, or fan prove their downfall? Hilarious and merciless, this is a story of underdogs who dare to dream of freedom, and find out along the way... it may not be so easy.

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon
Author: Simon Bartram
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1783707364

2017 is the 15th anniversary of the creation of Bob, Man on the Moon, celebrate with this anniversary edition. Enjoy the stunning artwork Simon Bartram has become famous for. Bob is everyone's favourite man on the moon; follow him on his daily adventures. Bob has a special job - looking after the moon. He keeps it clean and entertains passing space tourists as well as giving guided tours. He knows everything about the moon and that there is definitely no such thing as aliens!

The Ride-by-Nights

The Ride-by-Nights
Author: Walter de la Mare
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0571307205

Up on their brooms the Witches stream, Crooked and black in the crescent's gleam It's Halloween and a family is preparing to go trick-or-treating. Little do they know that up above them a coven of witches flies unseen through the starry sky... Carolina's stunning illustrations beautifully illuminate Walter de la Mare's thrilling, magical poem, published as a picture book for the first time.

Once Upon a Star

Once Upon a Star
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Caterpillar Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781848578913

Once upon a star, there were no stars to shine -- no sun to rise no sun to set no day, no night, nor any time. Discover the origins of the universe! The worlds of poetry and science collide to create this unique book about our sun, our planets, our Earth--and YOU!

Hey Little Bug

Hey Little Bug
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2011
Genre: Children's poetry, English
ISBN: 9781847801685

Hey little bug - how do you hug - or cuddle or kiss your mum or sis - with all those arms and legs and things - and wiggly bits and wobbly wings? Spotty ladybirds, crawly caterpillars, show-offy butterflies; cats, dinosaurs, bears; first day at school, the naughty step, show and tell. . . There are poems about all of these and more in this delightful collection of verse for young children. Perfect for Early Years and Infant classrooms, and for older children too, these poems are fresh, funny and brilliant for reading aloud.

Weird, Wild & Wonderful

Weird, Wild & Wonderful
Author: James Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781913074739

Poet James Carter selects his favourite and best poems, including many classroom classics, with pictures by an award-winning children's illustrator. Welcome to the weird, wild and wonderful world of James Carter! Expect to hear the moon speak, explore a magic wood and play air guitar. You'll meet wolves, elephants and a dung beetle; you'll get close to a gorilla and sing a lullaby to a woolly mammoth; you might even meet an alien in a library. Packed with James Carter's most popular and requested poems, plus 8 brand new poems, this is an important collection from one of the top children's poets writing today.

Pirate Stew

Pirate Stew
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062934589

Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP'S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you've ever seen. Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and—for one boy and his sister—he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make some PIRATE STEW. Marvelously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, doughnut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old. With a deliciously rhyming text from master storyteller Neil Gaiman and spellbinding illustrations by the supremely talented Chris Riddell, this is the picture book of the year! Pirate Stew! Pirate Stew! Pirate Stew for me and you! Pirate Stew, Pirate Stew Eat it and you won’t be blue You can be a pirate too!

My Village

My Village
Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781847806277

In a new edition of this special book, 22 nursery rhymes from Iran to Iceland and Samoa to Switzerland have been carefully chosen and beautifully illustrated by Mique Moriuchi. A celebration of cultural diversity, each poem appears in its original language (19 languages are included) next to an English translation so young children can delight in quirky, touching and funny verses from all over the world.