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A family of poems: my favorite poetry for children
By Caroline Kennedy, Jon J. Muth. 2005
Treasury of Caroline Kennedy's best-loved childhood verses about animals, seasons, adventures, and bedtime. Features familiar classics by Shakespeare, Basho, Emily…
Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Ogden Nash as well as contemporary works by Nikki Giovanni, Jack Prelutsky, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, among many. For grades 4-7. 2005Good masters! Sweet Ladies!: voices from a medieval village
By Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd. 2007
Nineteen monologues and two dialogues about the ten- to fifteen-year-old sons and daughters of nobility and paupers living near an…
English manor in 1255. Interspersed between dramatic readings are background pieces on medieval customs and events, such as farming, falconry, the Crusades, and pilgrimages. For grades 5-8. Newbery Medal. 2007Carver, a life in poems: A Life in Poems
By Marilyn Nelson. 2001
Award-winning poet's series of poems portraying incidents in the life of multitalented George Washington Carver (1864?-1943), the botanist and inventor.…
Covers his start as an orphaned slave eager for education, his friendship with Booker T. Washington, and his career as a researcher at Tuskegee Institute. For grades 6-9. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 2001The Barefoot book of classic poems
By Jackie Morris. 2006
Anthology of poems--by Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, and others--that celebrate the human experience. In "The Tale of Custard the…
Dragon" by Ogden Nash, a cowardly pet dragon leaps to defend his mistress from a pirate. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose tales to read together
By Mary Ann Hoberman. 2005
Short stories in verse based on familiar nursery rhymes. In "Little Miss Muffet," the spider politely asks to join Miss…
Muffet on her tuffet and after some discussion is permitted to stay. And Jack and Jill have a safer trip up the hill the second time. For grades K-3. 2005You read to me, I'll read to you: very short scary tales to read together (Megan Tingley Books)
By Mary Ann Hoberman. 2007
Rhyming tales for Halloween or anytime you want to read about scary creatures such as mummies, witches and broomsticks, skeletons,…
dinosaurs, dragons and knights, or zombies. Also includes tales about trick-or-treating. For beginning readers or a child and adult to read together. For grades K-3. 2007Short rhymed stories based on eight traditional fairy tales. The princess and the pea discuss their feelings and become friends.…
In this version of "The Three Little Pigs," the pig keeps the wolf in a pot of boiling water until the wolf says he's sorry. For grades K-3. 2004Reaching for sun
By Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. 2007
Josie, born with cerebral palsy, lives with her mother and grandmother, who both love gardening. When a lonely boy, Jordan,…
moves in nearby, he and Josie relate through their interest in nature, and Josie makes her first friend. For grades 4-7. Schneider Family Book Award. 2007Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: one hundred best-loved verses
By Mary Engelbreit. 2005
Presents traditional nursery rhymes passed down through generations. Includes "Thirty days hath September..." and "Monday's child," which teach lessons; "Jack…
and Jill" and "Humpty Dumpty," which show disasters; and "There was a little girl...," "Old King Cole," and "Bobby Shafto," which portray typical people. For preschool-grade 2. 2005Beowulf: a new telling (Laurel-Leaf Books)
By Robert Nye. 1968
Long ago Grendel, a ferocious monster, terrorized the Danes until Beowulf, a valiant Anglo-Saxon warrior, vanquished him. A narrative interpretation…
based on the Old English epic poem. For grades 5-8. 1968Days to celebrate: a full year of poetry, people, holidays, history, fascinating facts, and more
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stephen Alcorn. 2005
A calendar lists each month's birthdays--of people, inventions, or historical events. Facts and poems for specific dates follow. For example,…
November 10, 1903, cited for the invention of the windshield wiper, is accompanied by Rebecca Kai Dotlich's poem "Windshield Wipers." For grades 4-7. 2005A kick in the head: An Everyday Guide To Poetic Forms
By Chris Raschka, Paul B. Janeczko. 2005
A guide to twenty-nine poetic forms including haiku, limerick, roundel, sonnet, elegy, and ballad. Provides examples with narrative explanations of…
each form from simple rhyme schemes--couplet, tercet, quatrain--to more-complex combinations like the pantoum. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005If I ran the circus (Classic Seuss)
By Dr Seuss. 1984
In this story told in rhyme, a young boy, Morris McGurk, imagines the fantastic animals and incredible acts that he…
will have in his Circus McGurkus, the world's greatest show. For grades K-3. 1956Reflections of a peacemaker: a portrait through heartsongs
By Jeni Stepanek, Mattie J. T. Stepanek. 2005
Final collection of works by the young poet who succumbed to an incurable disease at age thirteen. His mother selected…
some two hundred poems to create a window into Mattie's life, mind, and spirit. Sequel to Hope through Heartsongs (RC 54063, BR 14065). For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2005A visit to William Blake's inn: poems for innocent and experienced travelers
By Nancy Willard, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen. 1981
A collection of magical poems about life at an imaginary inn staffed by two dragons, two angels, and a rabbit…
who shows to their rooms many curious visitors, including a man in a marmalade hat and the king of cats. For grades 2-4 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1980God went to beauty school
By Cynthia Rylant. 2003
Lighthearted but thought-provoking poems depicting God's exploration of the wonders and pains in the world He created. Curious about everyday…
human activity, God gets a dog, goes to the doctor, sees a movie, finds a job, takes a bath, and even experiences death. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003The dream keeper and other poems
By Langston Hughes. 1994
Collection of sixty-six poems chosen by the author for young readers. Selections include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring…
the African American experience. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1932Poetry by heart: a child's book of poems to remember
By Elizabeth Attenborough. 2001
More than one hundred poems worth learning "by heart" to keep forever. Poets include such old favorites as William Shakespeare,…
William Blake, and Emily Dickinson, as well as popular moderns Roald Dahl, Judith Viorst, Mary Ann Hoberman, and Jack Prelutsky. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2001Becoming Joe DiMaggio
By Maria Testa. 2002
Narrative poem tells the story of an Italian grandfather and his American grandson who listen to the New York Yankees…
baseball games on the radio. Uncontracted braille. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2002Walt Whitman: a biography
By Milton Meltzer. 2002
A profile of the nineteenth-century American poet whose life is presented in the context of his times, and who is…
profoundly affected by the Civil War. Includes excerpts from his major work, Leaves of Grass (BR 08420). For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002