Many of the books are also very visually appealing. All are recent additions to the Estabrook School's Library - April 2007. For still more good books of poems for children see our Poetry Month bibliographies from 2000 and 1999 too!
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Chris Raschka, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 2005
Selections illustrate 29 different poetic forms from the well known Couplet and Sonnet to the Aubade and Pantoum. The watercolor,ink, and collage illustrations are wonderful too.
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems,written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 2005
This book combines 11 poems about aspects of pond life, a short science lesson on each topic, and a woodcut illustrating the same topic.
Big, Bad and a Little Bit Scary: Poems that Bite Back, selected and illustrated by Wade Zahares, Viking, Penguin Putman Books for Young Readers, New York, NY, 2001
A collection of poems, by celebrated poets, about villains of the animal kingdom that slither, stalk and swoop.
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2005
In this book the poetry is in a language that is just a bit topsy turvey, but lots of fun too.
Swing Around the Sun poems by Barbara Juster Esbensen, art by Cheng-Khee Chee, Janice Lee Porter, Mary Grandpre, Stephen Gammell, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 2003
A collection of poems that celebrate the seasons, with illustrations by a different Minnesota artist for each season.
Mural On Second Avenue and Other City Poems by Lilian Moore, illustrated by Roma Karas, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 2005
Poems about special moments in a big city that might be New York.
Almost Late to School and More School Poems by Carol Diggory Shields, illustrated by Paul Meisel, Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY, 2003
Twenty-two humorous and entertaining poems about the ups and downs of classroom life.
Good Dog poems by Maya Gottfried, paintings by Robert Rahway Zakanitch, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2005
A bunch of poems and paintings about good dogs doing what good dogs do.
A Thousand Peaks: Poems From China, by Siyu Liu and Orel Protopopescu, illustrated by Siyu Liu, Pacific View Press, Berkeley, CA, 2002
A collection of thirty-five poems spanning the Han, Ming, Song Tang and Quing Dynasties, and one by Mao Zedong representing famous and lesser know poets of China, including both the Chinese texts and literal translations, as well as some background information for each.
Fold Me a Poem, by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Lauren Stringer, Harcourt, Inc., New York, NY, 2005
Poems about origami animals.
Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young Readers, by Jane Yolen, photographs by Jason Stemple, Wordsong, Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale PA, 2000
Poems about the colors of nature.
Mathematickles! Fun Poems to Tickle Your Funny Bone, poems by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Steven Salerno, Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, NY, 2003
A colection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes.
Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More by Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY 2005
A collection of facts about events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poems about the twelve months of the year.
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