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Poetry for young kids, whether they be pipsqueaks or not.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Shel Silverstein
Ebook
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Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart
Mary Ann Hoberman
Paper Book
When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever. From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series comes this new collection of...
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Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat
Nikki Giovanni
Paper Book
Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Like Poetry Speaks to Children, the classic book and CD that started it all, it's meant to be the beginning of a journey of discovery. Readers can immerse themselves in 51 selections from 42 poets and performers, and 30 performances...
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Poems to Learn by Heart
Caroline Kennedy
Paper Book
In this diverse collection, Caroline Kennedy has chosen more than a hundred poems that speak to everyone: the young and young at heart, readers new to poetry and devoted fans. These carefully selected poems explore deep emotions, as well as ordinary experiences. They cover the range of human...
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Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art
Belinda Rochelle
Paper Book
African-American poetry and art take wing and soar in this collection compiled by Belinda Rochelle. With work that spans the nineteenth century through the present, this stunning collection pairs twenty poems by distinguished African-American poets with twenty works of art by acclaimed...
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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
Joseph Bruchac
Paper Book
"Unusual and intelligent...An exemplary introduction to Native American culture with its emphasis on the importance of nature." -Publishers Weekly In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and...
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Guess Who, Haiku
Deanna Caswell
Paper Book
Guess Who, Haiku is a unique poetic guessing game illustrated by bestselling and beloved artist Bob Shea. Author Deanna Caswell's playful take on the inventive Japaense form of poetry offers clues about the creatures hiding on every page in this creative and clever picture book of charmingly...
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl
Paper Book
Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales in this irreverent and hilarious collection! Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again!...
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Under the Mambo Moon
Julia Durango
Paper Book
On summer nights Marisol helps out in Papi's music store. As customers come and go, they share memories of the Latin music and dance of their various homelands, expressed in a dazzling array of poetry. The diversity of Latin American music is brought to life in poems that swivel, sway, and sizzle...
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Paul Fleischman
Paper Book
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrates the insect world. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. The poems resound with the...
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Tap Dancing on the Roof
Linda Sue Park
Paper Book
A sijo, a traditional Korean verse form, has a fixed number of stressed syllables and a humorous or ironic twist at the end. Like haiku, sijo are brief and accessible, and the witty last line winds up each poem with a surprise. The verses in this book illuminate funny, unexpected, amazing...
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Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
Joyce Sidman
Paper Book
A 2011 Newbery Honor Book Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze, come smell your way among the trees, come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: Welcome to the night. Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral...
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Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Marilyn Singer
Paper Book
With 6 starred reviews, 8 best of the year lists, and over 20 state award nominations, everyone is raving about Mirror Mirror! "Remarkable."-The Washington Post "This mind-bending poetry is accompanied by Masse's equally intelligent, equally amusing art...
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There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me
Alice Walker
Paper Book
There is a road At the bottom Of my Foot Walking me. In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world -- and our place in it -- through new eyes. Glowing colors and...
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt...
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R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet
Judy Young
Paper Book
Bring the magic of poetry to life with R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet. From acrostics and ballads to meter and metaphor, author and poet Judy Young has written a delightful collection of poems to illustrate poetic tools, terms and techniques. Each term or technique is demonstrated in an...
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