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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
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Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
A collection of poems that celebrates the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark.
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Adam Rex · 40 pages
Stories in verse about the monster-sized problems Dracula, Wolfman, Bigfoot and other monsters face.
A Child's Calendar
John Updike · 32 pages
A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.
Instructions
Neil Gaiman · 40 pages
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl · 32 pages
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Marilyn Singer · 32 pages
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies
Shel Silverstein
Harlem
Walter Dean Myers
Depicts the rich character of Harlem through poetry and illustrations in which the author and his son paint a picture that connects readers to the spirit of Harlem in music, art, literature, and everyday life.
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Eloise Greenfield
Describes the period of the 20th century when many African Americans left the South to make better lives for themselves in the northern states.
Firefly July A Year of Very Short Poems
Paul B. Janeczko · 48 pages
Science Verse
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 40 pages
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
I, Too, Am America
Langston Hughes · 40 pages
Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, *I, Too, Am America* blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality. Langston Hughes was a courageous voice of his time, and his authentic call for equality still rings true today. Beautiful paintings by illustrator Bryan Collie
Now We Are Six
A.A. Milne · 103 pages
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses
Mary Engelbreit · 128 pages
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
Polly Dunbar · 108 pages
A collection of poems for children with the various themes of self, family, going outside, and when it is time for bed.
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose
Kate Greenaway · 52 pages
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
Heinrich Hoffmann · 48 pages
Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter · 40 pages
Eight short nursery rhymes about Cecily Parsley, Goosey Gander, the five pigs, Pussy-Cat, three blind mice, Tom Tinker's dog, a garden, and Ninny Nanny Netticoat
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages
Cautionary Tales for Children
Hilaire Belloc · 79 pages
Designed for the admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years.