The connection between childhood and poetry runs deep. And yet, poetry written for children has been neglected by criticism and resists prevailing theories of children's literature. Drawing on Walter Ong's theory of orality and on Iain McGilChrist's work on brain function, this book develops a new theoretical framework for the study of children's poetry. From Tongue to Text argues that the poem is a multimodal form that exists in the borderlands between the world of experience and...

Mrs. Moo has come to play with you! This engaging book features animals in bold and vibrant colors. They're easy to identify and they teach you how they sound like too! Teaching children animal sounds greatly help in pronunciation. It is also a necessary exercise in preparation for learning how to read. Secure a copy today!

The act of imagining lies at the very heart of children's engagements with literature and with the plots and characters they encounter in their favorite stories. The Courage to Imagine is a landmark new study of that fundamental act of imagining. Roni Natov focuses on the ways in which children's imaginative engagement with the child hero figure can open them up to other people's experiences, developing empathy across lines of race, gender and sexuality, as well as helping them to...

Eleanora Seymour was born in England, in the suburb of Shrewsbury. She is the mother of three charming children. The rhymes that you’re about to read were composed by Eleanora’s grandmother Elizabeth Seymour more than fifty years ago. The Seymour family is very proud of the warmth coming from these lines, and now Mrs. Seymour wants to share her little family heirloom with you, so that you could read the rhymes to your children, just as Eleanora’s grandmother did many years ago. These rhyme...

Richard Van Camp, internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author of the hugely successful Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns, has partnered with award-winning illustrator Julie Flett to create a tender board book for babies and toddlers that celebrates the potential of every child. With its delightful contemporary illustrations, Little You is perfect to be shared, read or sung to all the little people in your life—and the new little ones on the way! Orca Book Publis...