Poetry Month (Kids)

Updated November 6, 2025
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If you go down to the woods today
Piercey, Rachel.
Paper Book
Journey through a magical woodland with poems to read and things to find in the beautifully illustrated picture book If You Go Down to the Woods. My woodland's full of animals, of every different kind. So shall we...
Meet your family = Gikenim giniigi'igoog
Bouchard, David
Paper Book
Mother Earth, we come from her, we go to her, without her we wouldn't be here, she gives all of us life and because of her we are all one family. In many segments of Indigenous life we speak of Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, and Grandmother Moon. Meet Your Family is a rhythmic poem that...
One minute till bedtime : 60-second poems to send you off to sleep
Nesbitt, Kenn
Paper Book
Just one more before bedtime? Please?? It's time for tuck-in, and your little one wants just one more moment with you--so fill it with something that will feed the imagination, fuel a love of reading, and send them off to sleep in a snap. Reach for a one...
Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship
Latham, Irene
Paper Book
Two poets, one white and one black, explore race and childhood in this must-have collection tailored to provoke thought and conversation. How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to. ...
Champion chompers, super stinkers : and other poems by extraordinary animals
Ashman, Linda.
Paper Book
Who's tops in the animal world? Readers get to find out, as they play a guessing game that uses delightful persona poems to introduce 19 animals who are the best in some way. Each poem offers hints about the identity of an animal and what makes it so amazing. Included are popular categories, such as...
This is a tiny fragile snake
Ruddock, Nicholas.
Paper Book
Fifteen poems explore close encounters with animals ... and choosing to respond tenderly. Whether it's helping a hummingbird escape, respecting a bear's habitat, admiring a heron's beauty, or giving way to ants at a picnic, the human response in these poems is to do no harm, and to help...
Words with Wings and Magic Things
Burgess, Matthew.
Paper Book
THREE STARRED REVIEWS! * From award-winning author Matthew Burgess and Caldecott medalist Doug Salati comes a spellbinding collection of poems for young readers that celebrates the power of words to awaken the imagination and alchemize the everyday. A gorgeous gift book for fans of Shel...
Hungry for Engineering : Poems to Gnaw On
Winters, Kari-Lynn.
Paper Book
The newest addition to the series that includes Hungry for Math, Hungry for Science and Hungry for the Arts! Join Handy Randy, Spendosaur, and House Mouse, the hungriest engineers around, in Hungry for Engineering: Poems to Gnaw On - another delectable book in the Hungry for...series! ...
Poetry comics
Snider, Grant.
Paper Book
"A poetry-filled graphic novel that is powerful in its simplicity." ―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Personal but personable, too, with glints of quiet humor." ―Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Poetry Comics is . . . a sensorial experience...
Winter bees & other poems of the cold
Sidman, Joyce
Ebook
     In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman (Song of the Water Boatman, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night), discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the...
Eric Carle's animals, animals
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
From leaping, flying fish to dancing butterflies, and camels that "trollop along," Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible...
A great big cuddle : poems for the very young
Rosen, Michael
Paper Book
Curl up with a playful collection of poems from best-selling children's author and poet Michael Rosen, perfect for sharing with young friends. In this exuberant compilation, Michael Rosen invites children to joyfully celebrate sounds and the infinite possibilities of language....
Before the ships : the birth of Black excellence
Oso, Maisha.
Paper Book
Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history. The great achievements and accomplishments across Africa prior to the Transatlantic slave trade are told through melodious text and evocative illustrations, that culminate into the strength and...
Photo Ark 1-2-3 : An Animal Counting Book in Poetry and Pictures
Levy, Debbie.
Paper Book
A delightful number-themed picture book pairing spectacular animal photos by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with lively poems by New York Times best-selling author Debbie Levy. Count your way from 1 to 20 through the animal kingdom, meeting striped, spotted,...
Digger, dozer, dumper
Vestergaard, Hope.
Paper Book
Each truck and big machine in these enticing rhyming poems is different -- and little readers are invited to find a vehicle that's like them. Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems -- each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance...
The lady with the alligator purse
Westcott, Nadine Bernard.
Paper Book
Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman's bestselling Sing-Along Stories are perfect for reading together, with over one million copies sold in all formats. You know the song, but you've never heard it like this! A familiar melody with uproariously funny new...
The eagle mother
Huson, Brett D.
Paper Book
Return to the valleys of the River of Mists with author Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) and his award-winning, richly illustrative Mothers of Xsan series.  "An incredible celebration of the deep connections that are essential to the relationships between mothers and their...
Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes
Sanders, Rob
Paper Book
Learn about the lives of some of the most important LGBTQ+ heroes in this unique picture book that combines poetry and biographical information to honor those at the forefront of LGBTQ+ history. Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the...
Proud to be Metis
Bouchard, Dave.
Paper Book
Brown girl dreaming
Woodson Jacqueline.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The acclaimed author of Red at the Bone tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing poems. A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK * WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD * A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST MIDDLE GRADE BOOK OF THE CENTURY...
Thunder underground : poems
Yolen, Jane.
Paper Book
In this collection of poems that's a science, poetry, and adventure story all rolled into one, noted children's poet Jane Yolen takes readers on an expedition underground. This thought-provoking collection will evoke a sense of wonder and awe in readers, as they discover the...
I am loved : poems
Giovanni, Nikki.
Paper Book
Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni's poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish. There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki...
Mix a pancake
Rossetti, Christina Georgina
Paper Book
Young listeners and readers will be "stirred" to action as they follow along with the lilting rhyme, rhythm, and repeating words of Christina Rossetti's classic children's poem, illustrated as a board book by Swiss artist Monique Felix. The animal characters portrayed in Felix's expressive, child...
Five Little Monkeys Jump in the Bath
Christelow, Eileen.
Paper Book
The bestselling Five Little Monkeys are getting into trouble yet again--this time while taking a bath! When five little monkeys eat some ice cream and play in the mud, they become icky, sticky monkeys . . . and Mama says it's time for a bath! But even after those silly little monkeys...
A child's garden of verses
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paper Book
How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! Robert Louis Stevenson's rhymes have charmed children and adults alike since 1885, when they first appeared to a...

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