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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWinter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
Come to the bitter cold that blows through these poems! Feel the warmth of life that breathes into the beaver burrowing deep beneath the snow. Discover the safe places where creatures survive, and how they stay alive in the wintertime-until roots poke from puddles of slush and broken ice to welcome the sun! Then watch as spring melts the frost from this outstanding collection of poems paired with
The Blacker the Berry
Joyce Carol Thomas
A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Chris Raschka · 61 pages
A collection of poetic forms with a poem to illustrate each one set in a picture book. Some useful information about how each form is comprised is at the end of the book.
Cautionary Tales for Children
Hilaire Belloc · 79 pages
Designed for the admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years.
Vile Verses
Roald Dahl · 191 pages
An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.
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.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T.S. Eliot · 56 pages
T. S. Eliot’s playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical Cats. Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, this captivating edition makes a wonderful new home for Mr.
Firefly July A Year of Very Short Poems
Paul B. Janeczko · 48 pages
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.
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.
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
Robert Frost · 48 pages
A Book of Nonsense
Edward Lear · 111 pages
A collection of over 200 limericks with the author's original illustrations and nonsense songs and stories.
Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems
Gail Carson Levine, Matthew Cordell
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.
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes · 48 pages
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies
Shel Silverstein
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.