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Kids who rule: the remarkable lives of five child monarchs
By Charis Cotter. 2007
They were queens. They were kings. They were kids. While boy king Tutankhamun was crowned pharaoh of Egypt at nine,…
and had homework that involved firing arrows from a moving chariot, being royalty wasn't all glory and bossing people around. Includes episodes from each regal childhood, elements of their country's history, and an "End of the Story" section on how their lives played out. Grades 3-6. 2007.19 varieties of gazelle: poems of the Middle East
By Naomi Shihab Nye. 2002
Over four dozen of her own poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the…
United States. Nye writes of figs and olives, fathers' blessings and grandmothers' hands. She writes of Palestinians, living and dead, of war, and of peace. 2002.Thanks and giving all year long: Marlo Thomas and friends
By Marlo Thomas, Christopher Cerf. 2004
Voices on the wind: poems for all seasons
By David Booth. 1990
To be a princess: the fascinating lives of real princesses (Scholastic Canada Madison Press Hardcover Ser.)
By Laurie Coulter, Hugh Brewster. 2001
True stories of twelve real princesses reveal what life is like behind the palace walls. Among them: Queen Victoria, who…
ascended the throne at age 18, and Hawaii's Princess Ka`iulani, whose mother on her death bed declared that Ka`iulani would never be queen. Grades 5-8. 2001.Locomotion
By Jacqueline Woodson. 2003
When Lonnie Collins Motion - Locomotion - was seven years old, his life changed forever, and now at eleven, his…
life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn't so bad after all. Grades 4-7. 2003.Poems for youth
By Emily Dickinson, Alfred Leete Hampson, May Lamberton Becker. 1996
Emily Dickinson, one of America's foremost poets, wrote many poems for children, the majority of them as messages to her…
nephews and nieces who lived next door. This collection of seventy-eight poems highlight the seasons, the passage of time, and living life itself. Grades 2-4. 1996.Roald Dahl's Revolting rhymes (Into Reading, Read Aloud Module 2)
By Roald Dahl. 1984
Playing a dazzler: poems by James Berry
By James Berry. 1997
Set in Britain, Jamaica, countryside and inner city, this collection contains poetry for every mood and occasion, exploring issues of…
interest and relevance to teenagers. With haunting images, marvellous rhymes and exuberant language, James Berry celebrates the indomitable human spirit. For junior high readers.Shades of green (Red Fox Poetry Ser.)
By Anne Harvey. 1991
Every thing on it: poems and drawings
By Shel Silverstein. 2011
A collection of more than one hundred previously unpublished poems from the author of "A Light in the Attic" and…
"Where the Sidewalk Ends". Includes "The Lovetobutcants," "Garlic Breath," "Nasty School," and "The Kid-Eating Land Shark." Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2011.The spot on my bum: horrible poems for horrible children
By Gez Walsh. 1997
In these poems Gez Walsh presents his warped view on life and what it means to have a smelly grandad…
and a spotty bum on the eve of a new millennium.Talking turkeys
By Benjamin Zephaniah. 1995
Selected poems for children
By Charles Causley. 1997
The Kingfisher book of poems about love
By Comp McGough Roger. 1997
The concept of how strongly love connects us all, through time and place, across cultures and generations, is reflected in…
this exhilarating collection of poems. From the thrill of first love to the pain of rejection, in the warmth of friendship and the strength of family ties, as well as in the fundamental bond between humanity and the earth, love is central to our lives. For junior high readers.Say that again
By Mairwen Jones, John Spink. 1997
Nigel Jenkins, Jenny Sullivan, John Idris Jones, Iwan Llwyd and Sheenagh Pugh together show that poetry can provoke and protest,…
it can reassure you or remind you of things forgotten, it can make you laugh at foolishness or move you to pity for those who suffer. And the writers themselves explain why they're hooked on poetry. Junior high readers.Get back, pimple!
By John Agard. 1996
An embarrassing pimple? No spare cash? The heart-stopping thrill of being in love? Whatever it is, your secrets safe. Look…
inside this book, though, and you just might find a poem that describes exactly how you are feeling. Junior high readers.Dirty Gertie Mackintosh
By Dick King-Smith. 1996
Find out, in these poems, what happens to the very dirty Gertie when the pong becomes too much. Then laugh…
out loud as you hear about: Wendy Watson-Wilberforce, who'll only ever eat tomato sauce; Miss Emily Berry, the strongest girl in the school; fearless Arthur Best, who sets off one day to climb Mount Everest; and many other wild and nutty characters. Grades 3-6.Buns for elephants
By Mike Harding. 1995
Mike Harding is best known as one of this country's leading entertainers, with frequent appearances on both television and radio.…
In this dynamic collection of poems he draws on the rhythm and metre of his musical background. His work is both thoughtful and sophisticated, often inspired by the Cumbrian hills where he now lives, and with an energy and verve all of its own. Grades 3-6.Falalalala: une chanson de Noël
By Helaine Becker. 2016