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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.

A wonderful counting book from Judith Kerr, the best-selling author of the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea"One moonlit, magical night in the zooAn elephant jumped in the air and flew.But nobody knew."It's only once all the visitors have gone home that the real fun starts in the Zoo! Follow all the animals throughout the night in this gorgeous picture book and find out what mischief they get into.

This memorable poem demonstrates both incredible love and incredible greed. Hard hearts will yearn for the children who truly lose everything. A classic poem narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Odessa is a beautiful mermaid who lives in the deep, blue ocean. She has dark purple hair, green eyes, and dark skin. Her tail is silver and covered with sparkly stars, and she is the youngest one in her family. One day while on a picnic, along with her best friends Angelina and Spike, they find a shiny diamond ring on the coral reefs. Odessa comes up with a genius plan to return the diamond ring to its owner. Find out what happens next!

Popular rhymes make this book a must for every child. Suitable for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the nursery or classroom.

Little Red Riding Hood – who is not-so-little anymore! – is riding her pony through the woods to visit Granny for a picnic and a surprise. Now that she is bigger, she feels much braver than the last time she went. Until . . . what was that? Was it the Big Bad Wolf?

Dogs come in all kinds of colours and sizes. But when no one’s looking they put on disguises. A joyful peek into the crazy antics of all sorts of dogs in disguise! Dressing up in clothing they find at home, these adventurous pooches blend into the crowd at all the places dogs aren’t allowed, like the store, the cinema and the swimming pool! But, not all of their disguises go quite to plan, with hilarious results.

¿Te acuerdas de las canciones que te cantaban cuando eras niño para dormir? Porque no hay momento más dulce que el del beso de buenas noches... te hemos seleccionado algunas de las canciones y juegos de falda más conocidos para cantar y disfrutar con los más pequeños de la casa justo antes de ir a dormir.

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of 66 poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and celebrate two of the things she loves most -- children and nature.

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....

Join us as we follow the mischievous adventure of "The Little Gingerbread Man" then drift to sleep to the soothing lullaby "Hush, Little Baby" by Jame Ornlamai.

I love my mummy very much, she's great to cuddle, soft to touch! With a gentle, rhyming story, this is an audiobook to be loved, shared and treasured.

When Nazi bombs begin to destroy Bess Walder’s hometown of East London, Bess convinces her parents to evacuate her and her younger brother, Louis, to Canada aboard the SS City of Benares. On the journey, she meets another evacuee, Beth Cummings. Bess and Beth have a lot in common—both strong and athletic, both named for Queen Elizabeth, both among the older kids on the ship, and both excited about life in Canada. On the fifth day at sea, everyone starts to relax, but trouble is right behind them. That night, a Nazi U-boat torpedoes the Benares.

"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.

Alex Allen, like lots of children, sometimes worried about things—like dancing badly or getting an answer wrong in class. But unlike lots of children, every time he worries a real-life llama appears! And the more Alex worries, the bigger Llama grows...which starts getting him into all sorts of trouble! Will Alex ever learn how to control his worries and get rid of this pesky llama?

You'll find lots of very serious poems about really important stuff (like toenails, sausages, and yaks) in this hilariously irreverent collection of poetry from children's author Becci Murray. Read by the author, Don't Wear Your Knickers on Your Head is the new rib-tickling audiobook for kids aged six to 10 years.

Get ready for bed—Dude Perfect style! Join your favorite sports comedy YouTubers for a fun way to say good night to trick shots, friendly challenges, hilarious characters, world records, and all your favorite things in the DP universe in this entertaining, rhyming bedtime book.

When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two friends don't realise is that one is a young knight...and the other a young dragon! What will they do when they discover they are enemies and destined to fight?

The foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators - including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander - share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this powerful collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.

It's Rabbit's birthday and that means party time in the Hundred Acre Wood! With all our beloved characters in attendance, name badges are a must. But spelling can be tricky, as Booh Pear, Tiddle and Wiglet find out. With gentle rhyming verse by bestselling author Jeanne Willis, inspired by A. A. Milne's classic poem 'Teddy Bear', this is a delightful and heart-warming rhyming adventure about true friendship and having fun.

Thirty-five years after the publication of the much-loved classic There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly comes There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea, a fantastic prequel to the original title. Here the old lady swallows more and more creatures from the sea to try and catch the initial fish.

Poems can sweep us away to fantasy lands or long-ago times, or show us everyday people and creatures in a whole new light. In this new recording, master storyteller Jim Weiss introduces children to the magic of poetry, performing 40 classic poems, and providing brief introductions to the poets, including Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, E.E. Cummings, and many more.

Fred is the Best Bear in the Wood - and he’s got the medals to prove it. Being the best takes a lot of hard work, and time on your own, but Fred doesn’t mind. Until a new bear moves to town, and Fred’s champion GRRRRR goes missing. How will he ever win now? Or will Fred instead learn that some things are more important than winning? The second stunning, captivating and witty book from the immensely talented Rob Biddulph, whose debut Blown Away won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.

The hungry old lady gobbles a basket, a bow, some candy and other "egg-cellent" Easter items in this silly read along!

Un poema de Lewis Carroll que cuenta, en ocho actos, las aventuras de una tripulación de marineros que se embarca en la búsqueda del peligrosísimo Snark.

This children's audiobook will have you laughing out loud. There are funny poems about animals, school, weird monsters—in fact, anything that is unusual, silly, or just plain daft that can be fitted into a rhyme. This is definitely not a book to be missed by anyone under the age of 140 years old with a sense of the absurd.

Discover the most entertaining way to spend the year – with a spot of spring cleaning (that ends in a mess), a summer picnic (invaded by ants), Halloween dress-up (or not, if you’re already scary) and the only thing to be done in December ...

A dazzling collection of over sixty poems, Follow That Word delivers John Agard's musings on people and places from the modern and historical world; this wonderful collection that can be rediscovered over and over again. These poems truly come to life for all children, and this collection belongs on every bookshelf.

A family moves into a new home. The disabled daughter, Kayleigh, is kept awake at nights by noises from under the tree in their garden. She investigates one night and is amazed at what she finds. She makes strange new friends and is soon partying with them at night too. Even when tragedy strikes a friend the happiness cannot end and ultimately a miracle occurs which makes Kayleigh able to walk. The Tickle Tree was inspired by a tree in a park where we take our daughters to play.

A hilarious new audio collection from best-selling author and entertainer Andy Jones. The funniest collection of rap, rhyme, riddles and poems you've ever heard! An awesome new collection from the best-selling author of The Enormous Book of Hot Jokes for Kool Kids and The Fartionary.

Children will love these collection of classic stories.

Ten Little Piggies Squealing in the Mud is a sweet, adorable rhyming audiobook for ages one to six that you will enjoy listening to again and again. This audiobook features beautiful rhymes that allow you to count from 10 to one with each new stanza.

Step into the magical world of Child's Play fairy tales.... Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.

Gazing at the stars from five storeys up, smelling the bins from five storeys below. Overheard arguments, overheard laughter. A disappearing father and a Mermaid-Queen mother; statues that sing for flesh and blood; bullies who kick you under the table; perfect red trainers—and the things that lurk in the library... Award-winning poet Joseph Coelho's astonishing collection is a powerful and moving poetic narrative about growing up in the city.

In Small’s world, everything is small - her shoes, her bed, everything. But her dreams are big. And Small discovers that when you dream big, anything - and everything - can happen.

Goodnight Dragon follows the nightly routine of a little dragon. Kids love listening to our little dragon brush his teeth, floss, sharpen his horns, practice breathing fire, and more. This dragon audiobook for kids is a great example of the important things all kids should do before bedtime. The extended audiobook version of this book comes with music and sound effects.