Children's poetry, American
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Children's poetry, American
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Children's poetry, American
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- My dog ate my homework!, a collection of funny poems, by Bruce Lansky ; illustrated by Stephen Carpenter
- Hard-boiled bugs for breakfast, and other tasty poems, Jack Prelutsky ; cover drawings by Ruth Chan
- Paul Revere's ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; illustrated by Ted Rand
- Visiting Langston, Willie Perdomo ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Knock at a star, a child's introduction to poetry, [compiled] by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy Kennedy ; illustrated by Karen Lee Baker
- All the world, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee
- Dreams from many rivers, a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems, Margarita Engle ; art by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez
- Runny Babbit, a billy sook, by Shel Silverstein
- Where we come from, Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, John Coy ; illustrated by Dion MBD
- Followers of the North Star, rhymes about African American heroes, heroines, and historical times, by Susan Altman and Susan Lechner ; illustrated by Byron Wooden
- Hey, you!, poems to skyscrapers, mosquitoes, and other fun things, selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; Illustrated by Robert Rayevskey
- Christmas trees, Robert Frost ; illustrated by Ted Rand
- This is the dream, by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Halloween howls, holiday poetry, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; pictures by Stacey Schuett
- Just like me, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- This first Thanksgiving day, by Laura Krauss Melmed
- Some kind of love, a family reunion in poems, by Traci Dant ; Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Night on Neighborhood Street, by Eloise Greenfield ; pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- In our backyard garden, poems by Eileen Spinelli ; pictures by Marcy Ramsey
- Read! read! read!, poems by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater ; illustrated by Ryan O'Rourke
- Neighborhood odes, Gary Soto ; illustrated by David Diaz
- Cast away, poems for our time, Naomi Shihab Nye
- Bumples, fumdidlers, and jelly beans, Arnold Spilka
- Wolf's coming!, by Joe Kulka
- The night before Mother's Day, by Natasha Wing ; illustrated by Amy Wummer
- Cool salsa, bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States, edited by Lori M. Carlson ; introduction by Oscar Hijuelos
- You come too, favorite poems for all ages, Robert Frost ; [with an introduction by Noel Perrin]
- Monumental verses, by J. Patrick Lewis
- Dog days, rhymes around the year, by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Dyanna Wolcott
- The book of shadowboxes, a story of the ABCs, written and illustrated by Laura L. Seeley
- Hard-boiled bugs for breakfast, and other tasty poems, Jack Prelutsky ; drawings by Ruth Chan
- Central heating, poems about fire and warmth, Marilyn Singer ; illustrated by Meilo So
- I am wings, poems about love, by Ralph Fletcher ; photographs by Joe Baker
- Where the sidewalk ends, the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein
- Animal poems, Valerie Worth ; pictures by Steve Jenkins
- If this bird had pockets, a poem in your pocket day celebration, poems by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater ; illustrations by Emma J. Virján
- Seuss-isms!, a guide to life for those just starting out--and those already on their way, by Dr. Seuss
- Harlem, by Walter Dean Myers
- Papa's Christmas gift, around the world on the night before Christmas, written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness
- A girl like me, Angela Johnson ; illustrations by Nina Crews
- The Book of 1,000 poems
- Juega conmigo, contado por Margaret Hillert ; ilustrado por Derrick Chow
- Out of wonder, poems celebrating poets, Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth ; illustrated Ekua Holmes
- Voices of justice, poems about people working for a better world, George Ella Lyon ; illustrations by Jennifer M. Potter
- Night wishes, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Jen Corace
- Maya Angelou, edited by Edwin Graves Wilson ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
- My daddy rules the world, poems about dads, poems and illustrations by Hope Anita Smith
- The undefeated, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Ice!, poems about polar life, Douglas Florian
- Poetry for young people, Robert Frost, edited by Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Henri Sorenson