Child Poetry

Lily has tapped in to a timeless purity of childhood that can't help but warm your heart. Her poems are honest, original, and evocative. This is the experience of life for a young girl growing up in England, expressed with such charm.

In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. Simple, rhyming text makes for an engaging read-aloud while back matter offers more detail about each of the creatures featured in this celebration of spring's arrival.

From Buffy Silverman, author of On a Snow-Melting Day, comes an exciting companion book. As autumn begins, plants and animals in nature begin to change in all kinds of ways to prepare for winter. Rhyming text works in this engaging read-aloud to highlight these changes, and back matter offers more information about each creature and change featured.

Take a trip into Wonderland with Alice, sing along with the twinkling stars and take a snooze with Sleeping Beauty in Bedtime Stories and Lullabies, an audiobook of popular stories, lullabies and rhymes. With a running time of approximately 60 minutes, it's perfect listening for little ones who are ready for bed!

Dramatic, lyrical, and beautiful, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America’s greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America’s greatest presidents.

Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that’s okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary clinic. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. And when she discovers that someone is threatening the life of a baby elephant at her parents’ clinic, Oriol is determined to take action.

Isabella Castaspella, the happy little witch known as Izzy, just flew into town...and she’s here to cast a happy little spell on you! Isabella Castaspella tells the story of Izzy’s struggles with Lavinia LaMeanie, a nasty witch who is always trying to make life miserable for Izzy and her friends. Join Izzy and her friends as they use the magic of kindness, imagination, and love in their battle against the mean bully, Lavinia LaMeanie.

Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5- to 10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve; to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda; to the courtship of a maiden who lived long ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there’s a poem to suit any feeling or mood. Seasoned Naxos AudioBooks readers Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza, Benjamin Soames and Roy McMillan work their magic on the works of Edward Lear, Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, and many more.

The voice of the soul can be heard through poetry, helping us to look at the world in a new and different way. Sometimes it brings to light details we may never have noticed before. It is a way to express feelings and emotions about a person, image, or event. Images, feelings, ideas; all of these could be described in a myriad of ways using poetry techniques, bringing to life the expressions in an intense, succinct and yet vivid manner.

A selection of poems of various lengths and styles, exploring a variety of themes and subjects. Topics explored in the poems that make up this collection include - but are not limited to - animals and nature, writing and creativity, death and grief, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

A short story about a boy who learns to swim and saves his friends in a pool in a rhyming pattern.

A story about a mad scientist who doesn't believe in love. So he conducts hundreds of experiment to prove the world wrong, but soon finds himself to fall in love. The mad scientist understands it's a feeling that no science experiment can conclude.

La grazia e l'innocenza dei bambini trovano nella fantasia una felicissima occasione di manifestarsi. Il mio approccio col mondo infantile è materno. Mi soffermo a contemplare la natura, la più nascosta, la più umile, gli animaletti dalla terra, il profumo del biancospino. Tutto scorre in una festa di colore e di luce. In tutto questo ritrovo la delicatezza innocente dei giornalini della mia infanzia, delle rime improvvisate, la piacevolezza arguta di un'invenzione, il lepido saporoso scorrere di un mondo interiore.

Grab your teddy and join us as we settle down for one of Andrew Lang's magical stories from the The Blue Fairy Book, "Why the Sea is Salt". Then fall asleep to the soothing classical lullaby "Fragile" by Bella Element.

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.

Jump into Beatrix Potter's watery world of "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher" as we join Jeremy on his fishing expedition which becomes more of an adventure than he anticipated then settle down to a calming lullaby "Little Boy Blue" sung by Bella Butterfly.

Turn down the lights and immerse yourself in the well loved tale of "The Story of the Three Bears" by Flora Annie Steel which follows the adventures of a mischievous girl named Goldilocks, then settle down for the calming lullaby "Brahms' Lullaby" sung by Bella Butterfly.

Are you cosy? It's time for a bedtime story. Join us as we embark on the magical tale of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault, read by Bart Wolffe followed by a lullaby called "Gently Rock You to Sleep" by Earth Kunchai.

Smith tells a story of pride, ego, diversity, and acceptance. It is about the importance of choosing leaders based on their character, not the color of their feathers. The book is written in playful rhymes and double meanings, with just the right measure of fun facts about birds. A book that will charm listeners of all ages who enjoy fables, light verse, humor, photography, and birds.

This adventure of learning to be brave in a big world takes the listener on a whimsical journey to repair Little Miss Peep’s, dearest friend's squeaker. As Miss Peep is learning to be courageous in the land of giant feet she meets new friends and discovers new things along the way.