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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Eugene Field · 38 pages
A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold.
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
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.
Hush Little Baby
Sylvia Long
In this variation on an old lullaby, a baby rabbit is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.
Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein · 201 pages
The Night Before Christmas (Gift Edition)
By Clement C. Moore; illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
In spring red sings from treetops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear. In winter green waits in the hearts of trees, feeling the earth turn. Color comes alive in this whimsical, innovative book. Blue dances on summer lakes, green drips from spring leaves, black wafts mysteriously through autumn evenings. Together, an award-winning poet and a brilliant painter inspire u
Hailstones and Halibut Bones
Mary O'Neill · 58 pages
Flower Fairies of the Autumn
Cicely Mary Barker · 53 pages
A House Is a House for Me
Mary Ann Hoberman · 48 pages
Lists in rhyme the dwellings of various animals and things.
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.
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Lee Wardlaw
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs
Alan Katz
Well-known songs, including "Oh Susannah" and "Row Row Row Your Boat," are presented with new words and titles, such as "I'm So Carsick" and "Go Go Go to Bed."
The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear · 32 pages
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
The Spider and the Fly
Mary Howitt, Tony DiTerlizzi · 40 pages
An illustrated version of the well-known poem about the wily spider and the luckless fly. Includes an addendum with a modern-day example of why it is best not to trust strangers who offer treats.
Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll · 32 pages
The illustrations set the classic nonsense poem taken from "Through the Looking Glass" in medieval times.
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.
Happy to Be Nappy
bell hooks
Happy to be nappy! Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl. Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair!
Read to Your Bunny
Rosemary Wells · 32 pages
Read To You Bunny is an invitation to the world of reading -- a poem your child will want to hear again and again. Make it a prelude to reading with your own little bunnies every day -- and soon they'll be reading back to you.
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.
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson · 69 pages
Something Big Has Been Here
Jack Prelutsky · 160 pages
An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.