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Listen to the very best poetry from Paul Cookson. This collection contains a wonderful range of poetry, mostly very funny, but there are thoughtful pieces too. He plays beautifully with language and has included a number of different poetic forms.

The second title in this new series about a lovable wizard, featuring a charming rhyming story. In the faraway village of Snottington Sneeze lived a wizened old wizard with knocketty knees. Woozy the Wizard loves his old broom - not too small, not too big - but it is a little rusty. So when he spies a shiny new shop with hoovers he can't believe his luck! If only he could make his new hoover go zoom.... Magic and mishap ensue with Woozy and his pet pig. A bold, funny and heartwarming story from the uniquely talented Elli Woollard.

This delightful collection includes the favorite rhymes and riddles that have been passed down from generation to generation.

An audiobook for young children, featuring traditional action nursery rhymes sung by Baroness Floella Benjamin.

Sadie has learned to tie her shoes! Now she wants to tie everything she can. She ties her socks, her sleeves, and even her hair! She gets so excited about tying other things together, though, that she doesn’t notice her shoe has come untied again!

Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day—for no particular reason—they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then—for no particular reason—they decided to go . . . someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl. Definitely not!

Aaron Space is an astronaut! Young children will love this poem where they'll see him get to do all sorts of cool stuff in space. Being an astronaut is a lot of work, but Aaron loves his job!

Kids laugh at the strangest things. This funny short-rhyming book is jam-packed with rhymes that will not only entertain children, but also the adults hearing the poems with them.

When Kai's big sister Jenleaves the family home, Kai knows it's all his fault. His secret burns, but he tells no one, just keeps pulling at tufts of his hair. But in the broadbranches of a wasteland sycamore tree, Kai feels safe and free from his worries. Up there he feels he can be whoever he wants to be. And when a girl called Sky starts climbing Kai's tree, a friendship blossoms...a friendship with the power to heal.

Listen to author Marilyn Singer read this lively collection of poems about dance to the rhythm of each style. The poems are accompanied by original music.

"Cautionary Tales", humorous poems with an implausible moral, are the most widely known of Hilaire Belloc's writings. Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carroll's works, are more to adult and satirical tastes. Here, Joyce Grenfell reads a selection.

Christmas is a time for giving—not falling down chimneys! Santa’s favorite time of the year is the night before Christmas. Delivering wondrous gifts and making children happy brings warm feelings to his heart. But when he loses his balance on a roof and tumbles down a chimney on his butt, then on his head, he is faced with an incredible dilemma....

Little children need tales and stories, for they play an essential part in their development by awakening their imagination, introducing them to symbolic imagery, and bringing forth emotions in a healthy, constructive way. Our audiobook collection means to bring together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends which have fed the children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon.

There was a young boy called Terrified Tim. Wherever he went, fear followed him. Will Tim find a way to overcome his fear? Listen to Calm Islands magical story told in beautiful rhyming verse and sounds that bring the story to life. Tim and his pet parrot embark on a journey through Calm Island, meeting friendly characters who teach the tools he seeks, to help ease his fears and worries. Through the story of Calm Island, Children (and adults) are introduced to the art of Meditation, Mindfulness and Breathing Techniques; building resilience and creating a state of calm.

Drawing inspiration from Philippians 4:13, All Things I Can Do is a fun and engaging children's poetry book that covers a range of issues, like vanquishing a monster in a closet, wishing for a snow day in July, giving a guardian angel a day off, and more. All Things I Can Do has an inspirational undertone and a quirky voice to support the book's message that with faith, children really can do all things.

The REAL Pink PcGee lives on Katie's bed. He's a stuffed pig that came to live with her one Valentine's day. She also has the Arrrrbor seal, but she's still looking for Flounder. This is a tale of pirates and gold, dreams and magic. She wrote it with help from her Daddy, who loves Pink PcGee almost as much as he does her....

You can make bedtime a fun tradition for your child with these five cute bedtime stories. Your child will look forward to going to bed with these entertaining stories. Each story includes a moral lesson and is perfect for early and beginning learners.

Not everything in this book is necessarily good advice, and not all of it is sensible advice. (But if you take the bad or unsensible advice and don’t follow it, then it may become useful advice in its own way.) Filled with silly rhymes, witty wordplay and thought-provoking story poems, this collection will delight children of all ages.

There is much to enjoy. Phil Huffy has created a delightful collection of short verses that are sure to entertain and amuse. His thoughtful and lively reading of these wonderful poems will be a treat to the ears, both big and small! Subjects include bears on a date, backward shoes, family vacations, flying spaghetti, and snow days.

A hilarious new adventure featuring the infamous Duck and his long-suffering friends, Sheep, Goat and Frog.Duck and friends go out one daywith a bat, a ball and a glove to play.Duck hits the ball – but where does it fall?On a branch in the tree, now they can’t play at all.Frog has an idea, Duck lends a handbut nothing turns out quite as planned.