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  • 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

  • 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!: 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

  • 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

    $19.19 CAD

  • Tiger Dead! Tiger Dead! Stories from the Caribbean: Band 13/Topaz (Collins Big Cat)

    by Grace Nichols, John Agard, Satoshi Kitamura, Collins Big Cat ...
    Series series Collins Big Cat
    In these two animal stories from the Caribbean, find out in the first why Tiger wanted to get rid of all the other animals and keep the jungle for himself and what clever Anansi did about it, and in the second how shy Owl nearly lost everything because he didn't have the courage to show his face.Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.Text ... Read more

    $10.99 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

  • 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

  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Firefly: Band 08/Purple (Collins Big Cat)

    by John Agard, Grace Nichols, Satoshi Kitamura, Collins Big Cat ...
    Series series Collins Big Cat
    A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.Text type: A poetry book.An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology.Curriculum links: Art ... Read more

    $9.99 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