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  • Inspector Dreadlocks Holmes & Other Stories

    by John Agard ...
    In the title story, Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and his sidekick Rudeyard Fly are sent for by the Criminal Investigation Department of Middleham-by-Sea - a little town known for tea shops, pet shops, and florists - in short, a rustic retreat for naughty weekends. Keen to kick-start their diversity policy, the Department sends for two Black cops who see this as a chance to prove their cross-cultural ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Book: My Autobiography

    by John Agard ...
    Books contain countless tales—but what if Book told its own story? From clay tablets to e-readers, here is a quirky, kid-friendly look at the book.Books are one of humankind’s greatest forms of expression, and now Book, in a witty, idiosyncratic voice, tells us the inside story. A wonderfully eccentric character with strong opinions and a poetic turn of phrase, Book tells of a journey from papyrus ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Wise Up! Wise Down!: Poems by John Agard and JonArno Lawson

    An inspiring, funny and uplifting conversation through poetry for curious kids aged 7 to 70!

    by John Agard, JonArno Lawson ...
    Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura ...
    Funny, thought-provoking and bursting with curiosity, Wise Up! Wise Down! is a lively conversation between two internationally renowned poets, illustrated by treasured artist Satoshi Kitamura.**Shortlisted for the 2025 CLiPPA - the CLPE Poetry Award, the UK's leading award for published poetry for children.**How can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Laughter is an Egg

    by John Agard ...
    Laughter is an eggwith a crick-crack facethat can hide in the heartof the human race.Crack up with John Agard’s hilarious and heartfelt poems about laughter. From scrambled jokes on toast to a crocodile's smile, this joyous collection of poems celebrates the laughter that lights up our lives, and is guaranteed to get you giggling.Full of Agard’s signature wit and playfulness, this eggstraordinary ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Wise Up! Wise Down!: A Poetic Conversation

    by John Agard, JonArno Lawson ...
    Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura ...
    Funny, thought-provoking, and bursting with curiosity, Wise Up! Wise Down! is a lively conversation between two internationally known poets, illustrated by acclaimed artist Satoshi Kitamura.How can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And do pigeons ever get a craving for cake? Two friends, esteemed poets John Agard and JonArno Lawson, take us on an ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Border Zone

    by John Agard ...
    John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. His ninth Bloodaxe collection, Border Zone, explores a far-reaching canvas of British/Caribbean transatlantic connections, sweeping across centuries and continents. His border territory ranges from Love in a Sceptred Isle, a novella-like ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Windrush Child

    The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon

    by John Agard ...
    Illustrated by Sophie Bass ...
    Internationally acclaimed poet John Agard recalls the journey made by the thousands of Caribbean children and their families who traveled to Britain between 1948 and 1971 as part of the Windrush generation.With one last hug, Windrush child says goodbye to his grandmother and the shores of his Caribbean home before embarking on an adventure across the ocean—under a sky full of promise—to an unknown ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Travel Light Travel Dark

    by John Agard ...
    John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 35 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. And he has just received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry from Her Majesty the Queen. In this new symphonic collection, Travel Light Travel Dark, he casts his unique spin on the intermingling strands of British history, and leads us into ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • John Agard's Windrush Child

    by John Agard ...
    Illustrated by Sophie Bass ...
    “A beautiful poetic and visual delight” Joseph CoelhoA BEAUTIFULLY EVOCATIVE STORY OF A CHILD'S JOURNEY TO ENGLAND ON BOARD EMPIRE WINDRUSH, FROM AN INTERNATIONALLY CELEBRATED, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING POET AND AN EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT ILLUSTRATOR."you're stepping into historybringing your Caribbean eyeto another horizon"With one last hug, ... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Come All You Little Persons

    by John Agard ...
    Illustrated by Jessica Courtney Tickle ...
    A tender, moving and joyous story from one of our nation's premier poets, John AgardFrom above earth, from above sky,from below earth, from under water,come all you little personscome exactly as you are.Come little bird person, come little bee person, come little tree person - little persons from all over the world join together to celebrate the dance of life and love in this stunning poem from ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Playing the Ghost of Maimonides

    by John Agard ...
    John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 35 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. In this new collection, he puts on the mask of Moses Maimonides (aka the Rambam), the medieval Jewish rabbi and physician who wrote his Guide of the Perplexed in Arabic at a time when Judaism, Islam and Christianity cross-fertilised each ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Machiavellian Moment

    Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition

    by John Greville Agard Pocock ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the classical republic revived by Machiavelli and other thinkers of Renaissance Italy. Pocock shows that Machiavelli's prime emphasis was on the moment in ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD