Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals

Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes and more thoughtful pieces too.

A powerful issue-driven YA novel tackling eating disorders and the pressures social media puts on contemporary teens from the bestselling author of the Blue Bloods and Disney Descendant's series.

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom Sonnets are for romantics, starry-eyed lovers and ardent hearts.

In aid of breast cancer charities.

ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE FOREVER.

A beautifully realistic, relatable story about mental health and the healing powers of friendship and art, perfect for fans of Kathleen Glasgows Girl in Pieces and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places.

Eight Sunny Funny Reads from a brilliant selection of bestselling authors!

Award-winning illustrator Mini Grey turns her inimitable hand to Hilaire Belloc's classic cautionary tale of Jim: who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion!

Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies.

An A-Z of the 100 naughtiest children ever!

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.

Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you.

A million copies sold With a bolt of lightning on my kicks .

Published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this beautiful anthology collects favourite extracts, poems and images from some of the UK s leading cultural, political and literary figures.

"e;'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKERI'm Tracy Beaker.

Magic beans.

Research shows that the seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health and happiness benefits.

If you're someone who thinks the best part of school is going home, then this is the book for you!

Everything you could ever want to know about Jacqueline Wilson and her books in one adorable, small, pink package.

I asked myself lots of questions, like what happened in Hamelin after the children vanished?

I asked myself lots of questions, like what did Hansel and Gretel say to their father when they finally made it home?

Often, I found things were not quite as they first seemed.

Here is Cinderella, who so much deserved her fairy godmother.

Here are the twelve dancing princesses, who drove the Old King to distraction by wearing through their slippers every night.

Rumpelstiltskin - all my life I have been troubled by the injustice with which he was treated .

Here is brave, loyal Elsa, who wove the nettles in silence for seven long years.

I asked myself lots of questions, like why did the Piper's son steal the pig?

I asked myself lots of questions, like how could Snow White have left those seven kind dwarves?

Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales is a classic fairy-tale collection to treasure.

A fantastic collection of history poems that conjure up the sights, sounds and smells of the past - both the great events and battles, and ordinary day-to-day activities.

I Love My Mum is a gorgeous collection of poems celebrating how wonderful our mums really are.

A spooktacular poetry collection!

Find out what goes on behind the staffroom door, join in at playtime, see what is in the mysterious lost-property box, go on the school trip, and discover what teachers do in their spare time - and that's just the beginning of the school adventure in this brilliant collection of poems from the hugely talented Brian Moses.

Macmillan Children's Books teamed up with Movellas, the online writing community, to run the Stanza and Deliver poetry-writing competition, open to teenagers aged thirteen to eighteen.

Poems from the First World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints.

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales is an irresistible novel about hope, heartbreak and the power of music to bring people together.

Paul Cookson's Joke Shop brings together his favourite poems, his funniest poems and his most memorable poems - as well as a selection of brand new unpublished favourites.

What Are We Fighting For?

A fantastic collection of brand-new poems featuring a whole world of animals, birds and fish, including but not limited to penguins, cats, zebras, stick insects, dogs, salmon, crabs, giraffes, cows, eels, snails and lions, from two brilliant, funny and inspiring poets.

A perfect introduction to poetry for young children.

In this fantastic book Brian Moses tells us about cats, dogs, dragons, New York, space, dinosaurs, spider-swallowing, why he has given up playing air guitar, why you cannot take a lobster though security, the ghosts of London underground and why fairies must have taken his brother!

There are poems about winning, and about taking part; poems about having all the right kit, but no talent; poems that show that it if you are at school being the best egg and spoon racer really is as important to your mum and dad as being an Olympic athlete; poems about being a team player and poems about being an individual hero.

'The joy for me is that this is my anthology, and I love every single poem in this book.

The teen years are one of the most difficult periods of life; while at the same time one of the most fun.

Anne Harvey traces the patterns of the early years through such varied themes as toys, night-time, theatre and school.

The first two stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood have been brought together in one, value for money bind-up.

In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal.