Poetry

=Poetry= Here you will find collections of poetry by one author and anthologies by numerous authors. This page is divided into the following divisions: Note: grade appropriate range may extend above or below those listed on the division heading.
 * Poetry for PreS-Gr. 5
 * Poetry for Gr. 4-8
 * Poetry for Gr. 7-12
 * Books about Poets
 * Nonprint Items
 * Teacher Resources and Weblinks

__Poetry for Pres-Grade 5__
ERC PROF BK LB1575.A32 1994 Check Availability No summary available. Gr. 1-3.
 * Adams, Phyllis. (1994). //Pathways to poetry: Poetry fun for grades 1-3.// Carthage, IL: Fearon Teacher Aids.**

ERC PROF BK PS591.N4 P25 1996 Check Availability A collection of poems written by Afro-American children celebrating what it means to be Black. Gr. K-4.
 * Adedjouma, Davida. (1996). //The palm of my heart: Poetry by African American children.// New York: Lee & Low Books.**

ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 C3 1985 Check Availability
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1985). //The Cabbages are Chasing the Rabbits.// Illustrated by Janet Stevens. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.**
 * A rhythmic cycle of poems about a special day in May, when the hunter becomes the hunted. **

No summary available.
 * ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 E15 Check Availability **
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1979). //Eats: Poems.// Illustrated by Susan Russo. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. **

ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 G7 1988 Check Availability Illustrated poems about the color green.
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1988). //Greens: Poems.// Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books**.

ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 L68 1997 Check Availability
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1997). //Love Letters.// Illustrated by Lisa Desmini. New York: Blue Sky Press.**
 * A collection of twenty poems written by kids and klutzes, secret admirers and detractors, friends, enemies, and skeptics to the objects of their affection--or aversion. Gr. 3-6. **

No summary available.
 * ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 O9 Check Availability **
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1981). //OUTside INside Poems.// Illustrated by John Steptoe. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. **

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.A233 To 1977 Check Availability No summary available.
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1977). //Tornado! Poems.// Illustrated by Ronald Himler. New York: Delacorte Press. **

ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 T68 2000 Check Availability
 * Adoff, Arnold. (2000). //Touch the Poem.// Pictures by Lisa Desimini. New York: Blue Sky Press.**
 * A collection of poems about the sense of touch including a baby's foot in one's palm, peach fuzz on the lip, and the forehead against a cold window. **


 * ERC PROF BK PS3555.R43 W66 1987 Check Availability **
 * Anderson, Hans Christian. (1987). //The Woman with the Eggs.// Illustrated by Jan Mogensen. Milwaukee: G. Stevens. **
 * A silly woman imagines the fortune that she will accumulate from selling a dozen eggs at market. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3551.P5578 I2 1997 Check Availability ** **Applet, Kathi. (1997). //I See the Moon.// Illustrated by Debra Reid Jenkins. Grand Rapid, MI: Eerdmans.** ** A child dreams of being alone on a tiny boat at sea, until the light of the moon, the stars, and the sun safely guide her back to shore. **

ERC PROF BK PS3552.A336 S56 2007 Check Availability **Bagert, Brod. (2007). //Shout!: Little Poems that Roar.// Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.** ** Presents twenty-one often-humorous poems about such topics as a classroom zoo, books, and scarecrows. Gr. K-2. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.B175 Bi 1999 Check Availability ** ** Baker, Keith. (1999). //Big Fat Hen.// San Diego: Voyager Books/Harcourt Brace. ** ** Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all her chicks. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.B7 Bu 1995 Check Availability ** ** Boynton, Sandra. (1995). //But Not the Hippopotamus.// New York: Little Simon. ** ** A poignant and humorous look at being left out and being included features a lonely hippopotamus. Gr. PreS-K **

** ERC PROF BK PS3503.R82184 D54 1996 Check Availability ** No summary available.
 * Brown, Margaret Wise. (1996). //The Diggers.// Illustrated by Daniel Kirk. New York: Scholastic Inc. **

ERC PROF BK PS3554.A414 D66 1998 Check Availability
 * Dakos, Kalli. (1998). //Don't Read This Book Whatever You Do!: More Poems About School.// Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.**
 * Poems celebrate the world of education and the situations that occur in the elementary classroom. **

**Dyer, Jane. (1996). //Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young.// Boston: Little, Brown.** An anthology celebrating a child's early years, with favorite nursery rhymes, soothing lullabies, and playful verses that range from Mother Goose to contemporary poems. Gr. PreK-K.
 * ERC PROF BK PN6109.97.A547 1996 Check Availability **

ERC PROF BK PS3555.L5674 I6 2010 Check Availability Collection of poetry featuring animals in the wild. Gr. 1-3
 * Elliott, David. (2010). //In// //the Wild.// Illustrated by Holly Meade. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.E915 Ra 1995 Check Availability No summary available.
 * Evans, Leslie. (1995). //Rain Song.// Illustrated by Cynthia Jabar. New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.T85175 1997 Check Availability
 * Fabian, Bobbi. (1997). //Twinkle, Twinkle, an Animal Lover's Mother Goose.// New York: Dutton Children's Books.**
 * An illustrated collection of traditional nursery rhymes. **

No summary available.
 * ERC PROF BK PZ7.F475 Ge 1995 Check Availability **
 * Field, Rachel. (1995). //General Store.// Illustrated by Giles Laroche. Littleton, MA: Sundance. **

ERC PROF BK PS3556.L589 B4 1998 Check Availability
 * Florian, Douglas. (1998). //Beast Feast: Poems and Paintings.// San Diego: Voyager Books.**
 * A collection of humorous poems about such animals as the walrus, anteater, and boa. Gr. 1-4. **


 * ERC PROF BK PS3556 .L589 D56 2009 [|Check Availability] **
 * Florian, Douglas. (2009). //Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric poems.// New York: Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster.**
 * Nineteen poems about different kinds of dinosaurs, closing with "The End of Dinosaurs". Gr. PreS-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS7.F6645 Ins 1998 Check Availability
 * Florian, Douglas. (1998). //Insectopedia: Poems and Paintings.// San Diego: Harcourt Brace.**
 * Presents twenty-one short poems about such insects as the inchworm, termite, cricket, and ladybug. Gr. PreS-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS3556.L589 L59 2001 Check Availability
 * Florian, Douglas. (2001). //Lizards, Frogs, And Polliwogs: Poems and Paintings.// Paintings by Douglas Florian. San Diego: Harcourt.**
 * collection of humorous poems about such reptiles and amphibians as the glass frog, the gecko, and the rattlesnake. Gr. PreS-5. **

** A collection of poems about such birds as the Emperor penguin, rhinoceros hornbill, and whooping crane. Gr. 3-5. **
 * ERC PROF BK PS3556.L589 O5 1996 Check Availability **
 * Florian, Douglas. (1996). //On the Wing: Bird Poems and Paintings.// San Diego: Harcourt Brace. **

** ERC PROF BK PS587.3 .F67 2012 Check Availability ** **//Forget-me-nots: Poems to learn by heart.// (2012). New York: Little Brown & Co.** ** Edited by Mary Ann Hoberman, this collection of short poems is perfect for classroom study and suggestions for memorization. Gr. Pre-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS35556.O978 S55 2009 Check Availability A collection of poems depicts life on Silly Street, where poodles dance, a flying squirrels perform in a circus, and a candy booth serves rainbow jaw busters. Gr. K-2.
 * Foxworthy, Jeff. (2009). //Silly Street.// Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. New York: Harper Collins.**

ERC PROF BK PS595.M36 F73 1998 Check Availability **Franco, Betsy. (1998). //Counting Caterpillars and Other Math Poems.// New York: Scholastic Professional Books.** Twenty-five rhyming poems with instant activities to build early math skills and concepts such as counting, addition, subtraction, shapes, patterns, measurement, time, money and more.

** ERC PROF BK PS3556.R3325 M37 2003 Check Availability ** ** Franco, Betsy. (2003). //Mathematickles.// Illustrated by Steven Salerno. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. ** A collection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes. Gr. 2-5.

ERC PROF BK PN6371.5.G47 1995 Check Availability ** Ghinga, Charles. (1995). //Riddle Rhymes.// Illustrated by Julia Gorton. New York: Hyperion Books for Children. ** A collection of rhymes gives children clues to the identity of hte object of the rhymes, as the subject of the poem describes itself, and then gives the answer at the end of the verse.

ERC PROF BK PS3557.I55 S86 1996 Check Availability ** Giovanni, Nikki. (1996). //The Sun is so Quiet.// Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York: Henry Holt. ** ** A collection of poems primarily about nature and the seasons but also concerned with chocolate and scary movies. Gr. 3-5. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3607.R363 T43 2004 Check Availability ** ** Grandits, John. (2004). //Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems.// New York: Clarion Books. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Offers the creative, imaginative, and weird thoughts of an eleven-year-old boy who, through a collection of poetry and fun illustrations, ponders the many things he sees and experiences in the world around him. Gr. 4-8.

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.G8 Hoi 1995 Check Availability ** Greenfield, Eloise. (1995). //Honey, I Love.// Illustrated by Jan Spevey Gilchrist. S.I.: HarperFestival. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A young African American girl describes what she loves among the simple joys of her life--her cousin, playing with neighbors and her best friend, family drives in the country, and her mother--but not going to bed early. Gr. K-3. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3557.R39416 H66 1978b Check Availability ** ** Greenfield, Eloise. (1978). //Honey, I Love: And Other Love Poems.// Pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon. New York: HarperCollins. ** ** Sixteen poems about riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend, and other topics evoke an appreciation of the richness of everyday life and the joys of seeing with eyes of love. **

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS355.R39416 N54 1996 Check Availability ** Greenfield, Eloise. (1996). //Night on Neighborhood Street.// Pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. New York: Puffin Pied Piper. ** ** A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights, and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood during the course of one evening. Gr. 1-4. **

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS3557.R6715 T56 2000 Check Availability <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Grossman, Bill. (2000). //Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny.// Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. New York: Laura Geringer Books.** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Presents eighteen whimsical poems about people caught in unusual situations. **

ERC PROF BK PS95.C38 I2 Check Availability **Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1981). //I am the Cat: Poems.// Illustrated by Linda Rochester Richards. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.** ** Twenty-four poems by a variety of poets, including T. S. Eliot, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, William Carlos Williams, and May Swenson, capture the many, evanescent moods of cats. **

** ERC PROF BK PS595.S42 M65 Check Availability ** ** Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1980). //Moments: Poems about the seasons.// Illustrated by Michael Hague. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ** ** An anthology of 50 poems about the seasons. Gr. 2-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.H66 1987 Check Availability **Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1987). //More Surprises.// Illustrated by Megan Lloyd. New York: Harper & Row.** These thirty-eight poems offer beginning readers a chance to try some verse. Gr. K-3.

ERC PROF BK PS595.C54 S64 1983 Check Availability **Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1983). //A Song in Stone: City Poems.// Photographs by Anna Held Audette. New York: Crowell.** ** Twenty poems about city life by Eve Merriam, Myra Cohn Livingston, Lilian Moore, and other authors. **

ERC PROF BK PS595.S348 S63 2002 Check Availability **Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (2002). //Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems.// Illustrated by Virginia Halstead. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A collection of poems about science by a variety of poets, including Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord. Gr. 2-6.

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS586.3.S87 1984 Check Availability ** Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1984). //Surprises.// Illustrated by Megan Lloyd. New York: Harper & Row. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS591.N4 P27 1993 Check Availability **Hudson, Wade. (1993). //Pass it on: African-American Poetry for Children.// Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. New York: Scholastic.** An illustrated collection of poetry by such Afro-American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield, and Lucille Clifton. Gr. K-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3515.U274 M9 2009 Check Availability **Hughes, Langston. (2009). //My People.// Photographs by Charles R. Smith. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ginee seo books.** The inspirational words of Hughes' poem are brought to life through a collection of sepia-colored photographs that capture the diverse features, hearts, and souls of its subjects. Gr. K-2.

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.F66 2009 Check Availability **Janezko, Paul. (2009). //A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout.// Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Sommerville, MA: Candlewick.** Presents a selection of children's poetry specifically meant to be read aloud. Gr. 2-6.

ERC PROF BK PS3561 .A775 P74 2012 [|Check Availability] The lives of the presidents are served up as fact-filled and faniciful poems that will make you laugh, cringe and gasp with amazement. Gr. 1-5.
 * Katz, Susan. (2011). //The President's stuck in the bathtub: Poems about the Presidents.// New York: Clarion Books. **

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.P55869115 O8 1998 Check Availability **Lamont, Priscilla. (1998). //Playtime Rhymes.// New York: DK Pub.** ** Introduces more than twenty different rhymes and songs--both old favorites and new offerings--with photographs of easy-to-learn, coordinated hand actions so children can act along with the songs. **

ERC PROF BK PS3562.A7233 H38 2001 Check Availability **Larios, Julie Hofstrand. (2001). //Have Your Ever Done That?// Pictures by Anne Hunter. Asheville, NC: Front Street.** ** Presents an interconnected series of poems about nature in which a series of voices describe things they have done in the outdoors, from sailing in a storm to nursing a wounded bird, and ask if others have done the same. Gr. Pre-K-3. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PR4879.L2 P43 1981 Check Availability ** **Lear, Edward. (1981). //The Pelican Chorus & the Quangle Wangle's Hat.// Illustrated by Kevin W. Maddison. New York: Viking Press.** No summary available.

ERC NON PRNT PS3562.E47 T74 2006 Check Availability **Lentz, Ella Mae. (2006). //The Treasure: Poems by Ella Mae Lentz.// San Diego: InMotionPress.** No summary available. DVD.

ERC PROF BK PN6110 .C4 L48 2012 Check Availabiltiy **Lewis, J. Patrick. (2012). //If you were a chocolate mustache.// Honesdale, PA: Wordsong Press.** The Children's Poet Laureate has penned an astonishing array of subjects into many varieties of form: riddles,limericks, nonsense rhymes, parodies, anagrams, story poems, haiku and more. Matthew Cordell's illustrations add humor. Together, they rival Shel Silverstein for kid-appeal. Gr. 2-5.

ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 P58 2005 [|Check Availability] **Lewis, J. Patrick. (2005). //Please Bury Me in the Library.// Illustrated by Kyle M. Stone. Orlando: Gulliver Books/Harcourt** ** A collection of poems celebrating the joys of reading, books, libraries, and all things literary. Gr. 2-5. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 S38 2004 [|Check Availability] ** ** Lewis, J. Patrick. (2004). //Scien-trickery: Riddles in Science.// Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. Orlando: Silver Whistle. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A collection of poems that describe people, places, and things associated with science, including oxygen, the ocean, and germs. Gr. 1-4.

ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 W47 2008 [|Check Availability] **Lewis, J. Patrick, & Graves, Keith. (2008). //The World's Greatest: Poems.// San Francisco: Chronicle Books.** zany collection of twenty-five poems and wacky artwork includes superlatives of all kinds, including who has kissed the most cobras, eaten the most live scorpions, or been stuck the longest in an elevator. Gr. K-2.

ERC PROF BK PS3562.I945 C4 1985 [|Check Availability] **Livingston, Myra Cohn. (1985). //Celebrations.// Paintings by Leonard Everett Fisher. New York: Holiday House.** ** Celebrates the traditions, symbols, and festivities of sixteen landmark days, from New Year's Eve to Christmas. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3562.I945 C5 1982 [|Check Availability] ** ** Livingston, Myra Cohn. (1982). //A Circle of Seasons.// Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. New York: Holiday House. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A thirteen-stanza poem following the cycle of the seasons. **

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS3562.I945 S5 1984 [|Check Availability] ** Livingston, Myra Cohn. (1984). //Sky Songs.// Paintings by Leonard Everett Fisher. New York: Holiday House. ** ** Fourteen poems about the various aspects of the sky such as the moon, clouds, stars, storms, and sunsets. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3562.O18 B6 1983 [|Check Availability] ** ** Lobel, Arnold. (1983). //The Book of Pigericks: Pig Limericks.// New York: Harper & Row. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Thirty-eight original limericks about all manner of pigs. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.L82 Ro 1984 [|Check Availability] ** ** Lobel, Arnold. (1984). //The Rose in my Garden.// Pictures by Anita Lobel. New York: Scholastic. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.L82 W55 1987 [|Check Availability] **Lobel, Arnold. (1987). //Whiskers and Rhymes.// New York: Scholastic.** No summary available. Gr. 1-5.

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.B55 2008 [|Check Availability] **Martin, Bill, ed. (2008). //The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry.// New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.** The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations. Gr. 2-5.

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.M4194 Il 2000 [|Check Availability] **Marzollo, Jean. (2000). //I Love You: A Rebus Poem.// Illustrated by Suse MacDonald. New York: Scholastic.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS8.3.M4194 Re 1986 [|Check Availability] **Marzollo, Jean. (1986). //The Rebus Treasury.// Illustrated by Carol Devine Carson. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.** ** Forty-one well-known songs and nursery rhymes in rebus form. Gr. PreK-K. **

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.M134 Ev 1999 [|Check Availability] **McCord, David. (1999). //Every Time I Climb a Tree.// Illustrated by Marc Simont. Boston: Little, Brown.** ** Twenty-five poems with short lines on such varied subjects as a lost turtle, a fence, the wind, jam, a witch, and bananas and cream. **

** ERC PROF BK PR6063.C65 T5 1997 [|Check Availability] ** ** McNaughton, Colin. (1997). //There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighborhood and Other Wickedly Funny Verse.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A collection of humorous poems about eccentric characters. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3525.E639 B25 1995 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1995). //Bam, Bam, Bam.// Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. New York: H. Holt. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** llustrations and rhythmic sounds take children into the middle of a building site complete with roaring machinery, wrecking balls, swinging pickaxes, and plaster clouds. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3525.E639 B5 1985 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1985). //Blackberry Ink: Poems.// Pictures by Hans Wilhelm. New York: William Morrow. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A collection of humorous and nonsense verses on various themes. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3525.E639 F7 1986 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1986). //Fresh Paint: New Poems.// Woodcuts by David Frampton. New York: Macmillan. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Forty-five poems on subjects ranging from the squat mushroom to the new moon. Gr. 3-6. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.M55187 Ho 1995 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1995). //The Hole Story.// Illustrated by Ivan Chermayeff. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Describes all kinds of different holes, from straws to locks to noodles. Gr. PreK-1. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.M55187 J3 1984 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1984). //Jamboree: Rhymes for all Times.// Illustrated by Walter Gaffney-Kessell. New York: Dell Pub. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A collection of poetry for children of all ages highlights the seasons, animals, children, language fun, adults, and other fascinating topics. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3525.E369 W6 [|Check Availability] ** ** Merriam, Eve. (1981). //A Word or Two with You: New Rhymes for Young Readers.// Illustrated by John Nez. New York: Atheneum. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** The author's original poems about friendship, parents, new neighbors, the supermarket, and other life experiences. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3563 .Y48 W4 2011 [|Check Availability] ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gr. Pre-up.
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Myers, W.D. (2011). //We are America: a tribute from the heart.// New York: Scholastic. **

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.N5855 Be 1994 [|Check Availability] **Nikola-Lisa, W. (1994). //Bein' With You This Way.// Illustrated by Michael Bryant. New York: Lee & Low Books.** ** In a rap-style prose poem, a racially mixed group of children enjoying a sunny day at the playground discovers the virtues of racial diversity and, at the same time, the basic identity of all human beings. Gr. PreK-3. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.A6739 T37 2007 [|Check Availability] **Park, Linda. (2007). //Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (poems).// Pictures by Istvan Banyai. New York: Clarion Books.** ** A collection of sijo poems, a traditional Korean verse form, celebrates the simple joy of everyday things, such as houseplants, breakfast, and thunder. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.E75573 E23 2003 [|Check Availability] **Peters, Lisa Westberg. (2003). //Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up.// Pictures by Cathie Felstead. New York: Greenwillow Books.** Presents twenty-two poems about geology, and includes end notes which provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape. Gr. 1-6.

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.P47 1987 [|Check Availability] **Petersham, Maud, & Petersham, Miska. (1987). //The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles.// New York: Aladdin Books.** ** A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 A95 2008 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (2008). //Awful Ogre Running Wild.// Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. New York: Greenwillow Books** In the follow-up to Awful Ogre's Awful Day, Ogre celebrates those crazy days of summer splashing in the pond with his piranha, causing a commotion at the zoo, planning buggy picnics with his ogress, and more. Gr. K-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3566 .R36 B33 2008 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (2008). //Be glad your nose is on your face and other poems.// New York: HarperCollins.** A collection of 120 of Prelutsky's personal favorite poems, including 15 new poems. Gr. 3-up.

ERC PROF BK PN6110.A47 B43 1997 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (1997). //Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom.// Illustrated by Meilo So. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.** ** An illustrated collection of poems about animals, insects, and birds by poets from different parts of the world. Gr. K-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 I35 2004 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (2004). //If Not for the Cat: Haiku.// Pictures by Ted Rand. New York: Greenwillow Books.** Haiku-like poems describe a variety of animals. Gr. 1-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 I85 1983 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (1983). //It's Valentine's Day.// Pictures by Yossi Abolafia. New York: Greenwillow Books.** ** Humorous poems describe valentines sent to fathers, mothers, teachers, girlfriends, boyfriends and pets. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3566 .R36 M4 2007 [|Check Availability] ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gr. Pre-K.
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Prelutsky, J. (2003). //Me I am!// New York: Farrar Straux Giroux. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 M89 2008 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (2008). //My Dog May be a Genius: Poems.// Drawings by James Stevenson. New York: Greenwillow Books.** ** resents a collection of humorous poems with such unusual topics as an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, a witch in a hardware store, and a skunk in a courtroom. Gr. K-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 M9 2008x [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (2008). //My Parents Think I'm Sleeping.// llustrated by Yossi Abolafia. New York: Scholastic.** No summary available. Gr. 2-4.

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 N4 1984 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (1984). //The New Kid on the Block: Poems.// Drawings by James Stevenson.** ** Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers. **

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.R36 1983 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (1983). //The Random House Book of Poetry for Children.// Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. New York: Random House.** A wide-ranging illustrated anthology of traditional and contemporary poems groups works around such themes as nature, seasons, the city, animals, holidays, and the supernatural. Gr. K-5.

ERC PROF BK PS3566.R36 R5 1986 [|Check Availability] **Prelutsky, Jack. (1986). //Ride a Purple Pelican.// Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Greenwillow Books.** ** A collection of short nonsense verses and nursery rhymes. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3618 .A346 G89 2010 [|Check Availability] ** Gr. 3-6.
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Raczka, B. (2010). //Guyku: a year of haiku for boys.// New York: Houghton Mifflin. **

ERC PROF BK PS3618 .A346 L46 2011 [|Check Availability] Part anagram, part rebus, part riddle -- this brand new poetic form turns word puzzles into poetry. Gr. 3-8.
 * Raczka, B. (2011). //Lemonade and other poems squeezed from a single word.// New York: Roaring Brook Press.**

ERC PROF BK PN6109.97 .S56 1998 [|Check Availability] **Regniers, Beatrice Schenk de. (1998). //Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems.// Illustrated by Marcia Brown. New York: Scholastic Inc.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS508.C5 R44 2009 [|Check Availability] **//Rejoice!: Poetry Celebrating Life in the Amazon Rainforest.// (2009). Written and illustrated by the third grade students of Mendon Center Elementary in Pittsford, NY. New York: Scholastic.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS3618.E925 F75 2008 [|Check Availability] **Rex, Adam. (2008). //Frankenstein Takes the Cake.// Orlando: Harcourt.** With Dracula afraid of the garlic bread being served and Headless Horseman fearful that a guest will eat his pumpkin head for dessert, Frankenstein's wedding to his undead bride is turning into a drama bigger than the main event. Gr. 3-6.

ERC PROF BK PS595.A89 A9 2001 [|Check Availability] **Rogasky, Barbara. (2001). //Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems.// Photographs by Marc Tauss. New York: Scholastic Press.** ** Offers verses by twenty-five poets that highlight the special characteristics of autumn, from the first signs of fall in September to the arrival of wintry weather. **

** ERC PROF BK PR6068.O68 S6 1986 [|Check Availability] ** ** Rosen, Michael, & Blake, Quentin. (1986). //Smelly Jelly Smelly Fish.// New York: Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Brief poems and illustrations describe a variety of humorous beach experiences. **

ERC PROF BK PS3618.O87245 T47 2008 [|Check Availability] **Rovetch, Gerda. (2008). //There was a Man Who Loved a Rat and Other Vile Poems.// Illustrated by Lissa Rotvetch. New York: Philomel Books.** A collection of silly, fun-filled rhyming poems for children features verses about lobsters, gerbils, and chickens. Gr. K-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3618.U337 W54 2009 [|Check Availability] **Ruddell, Deborah. (2009). //A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems.// Illustrated by Joan Rankin. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.** Celebrates the beaver, woodpeckers, snails, skunks, and other animals of the forest as they go about their playful tasks. Gr. 1-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3619.C265 A79 2009 [|Check Availability] **Scanlon, Liz Garton. (2009). //All the World.// Illustrated by Marla Frazee. New York: Beach Lane Books.** Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family. Gr. K-2.

ERC PROF BK PZ7.S41267 Sc 2004 [|Check Availability] **Scieszka, Jon. (2004). //Science Verse.// New York: Viking.** 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. Gr. 3-5.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.H335 C47 2010 [|Check Availability] **Shannon, George, & Brunelle, Lynn. (2010). //Chicken Scratches: A Poultry Poetry and Rooster Rhymes.// Illustrated by Scott Menchin. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.** Original poetry about chickens and their utterly goofy personas is paired with equally humorous illustrations that will appeal to young and older readers alike. Gr. K-3.

ERC PROF BK PS3619 .H356312 B48 2011 [|Check Availability] Bouncy rhymes sow young children how combining two things can produce unexpected results. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Shapiro, Sheryl & Shapiro, Simon. (2011). //Better Together.// Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Annick Press. **

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I295 D37 2010 [|Check Availability] **Sidman, Joyce. (2010). //Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night.// Illustrated by Rick Allen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.** Collection of poetry featuring night life. Gr. 3-6.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I295 R43 2009 [|Check Availability] **Sidman, Joyce. (2009). //Red Sings form Treetops: A Year in Colors.// Illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.** Nature puts on a display of different colors to announce each season of the year. Gr. Pre-K - 2.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I36 R46 2003 [|Check Availability] ** Siebert, Diane. (2003). //Rhyolite: the true story of a ghost town.// Woodcuts by David Frampton. New York: Clarion Books. ** A poem describing the rise and fall of Rhyolite, a town in the desert of southwestern Nevada which grew from one gold claim to a town of 10,000 people, then, a few years later, was deserted. Gr. 2-4.

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.S5844 Li 1981 [|Check Availability] ** Silverstein, Shel. (1981). //A Light in the Attic.// New York: Harper & Row. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A collection of humorous poems and drawings. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.S5844 Wh 1974 [|Check Availability] ** ** Silverstein, Shel (1974). //Where the Sidewalk Ends.// New York: Harper and Row. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">No summary available.

** ERC PROF BK PS3569.I546 F57 2003 [|Check Availability] ** **<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Singer, Marilyn. (2003). //Fireflies at Midnight.// Pictures by Ken Robbins. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Observes through verse and illustrations how several different animals spend their day during the summer. Gr. 2-4.

ERC PROF BK PN6109.97 M25 1991 [|Check Availability] **Slier, Deborah. (1991). //Make a Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets.// Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. New York: Scholastic.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.P5457 F43 2004 [|Check Availability] **Spinelli, Eileen. (2004). //Feathers: Poems about Birds.// Illustrated by Lisa McCue. New York: Henry Holt and Co.** More than twenty-five poems about both common and unusual birds. Gr. 2-5.

ERC PROF BK PS3569 .P5457 P65 2007 [|Check Availability] Gr. Pre-5.
 * Spinelli, Eileen. (2007). //Polar bear, Arctic hare: poems of the Frozen North.// Honesdale, PA: Wordsong. **

ERC PROF BK PS3537.T143 A85 1992 [|Check Availability] **Stafford, William. (1992). //The Animal that Drank Up Sound.// Illustrated by Debra Frasier. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.** ** When a mysterious animal drinks up all sound and leaves the earth frozen and cold, a hidden cricket ushers in the return of spring. **

** ERC PROF BK PS586.3.M68 1996 [|Check Availability] ** ** Taberski, Sharon. (1996). //Morning, Noon, and Night: Poems to Fill Your Day.// Illustrated by Nancy Doniger. Greenvale, NY: Mondo. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A selection of poems about the activities in a child's day, written by poets including Myra Cohn Livingston, Jeff Moss, Langston Hughes, and Charlotte Zolotow. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gr. K-2.

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS3539.E15 C5 1993 [|Check Availability] ** Teasdale, Sara. (1993). //Christmas Carol: A Poem.// Illustrated by Dale Gottlieb. New York: H. Holt. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** An illustrated version of the poem describing all those that were present at the singing of the first Christmas carol. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.T293 1985 [|Check Availability] ** **//This Little Pig: A Mother Goose Favorite.// (1985). Illustrated by Leonard B. Lubin. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books.** ** The nursery rhyme beginning "This little pig went to market" is illustrated with eighteenth-century pigs who enact the tale with extravagant embellishment. **

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PQ7235.T74 1995 [|Check Availability] **// The Tree is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories From Mexico With Paintings. // (1995). New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ** ** Offers more than one hundred Mexican poems and stories, by writers including Octavio Paz, Rosario Castellanos, and Homero Aridjis. **

ERC PROF BK PS3571.N775 O43 2006 [|Check Availability] **Unobagha, Uzoamaka Chinyelu. (2006). //Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes.// Illustrated by Julia Cairns. New York: Scholastic.** No summary available. Gr. 1-4.

ERC PROF BK PS3623.E375 S53 2001 [|Check Availability] **Weatherford, Carole Boston. (2001). //Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City.// Illustrated by Dimitrea Tokunbo. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.** ** Twenty poems discuss the shoeshine man, the basketball court, the barber, the outdoor market, the laundromat, the storefront church, and other sights and sounds of urban life. Gr. 3-5. **

ERC PROF BK PS3623.E3959 A64 2008 [|Check Availability] **Webster, Dennis. (2008). //Absolutely Wild.// Illustrated by Kim Webster Cunningham. Boston: David R. Godine Publisher.** Presents a collection of poems describing a variety of unusual animals. Gr. K-2.

ERC PROF BK PR1175.3 W47 2001 [|Check Availability] **West, Colin. (2001). //The Big Book of Nonsense.// London: Hutchinson.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.W4998 Lad 1988 [|Check Availability] **Westcott, Nadine Bernard. (1988). //The Lady with the Alligator Purse.// Boston: Little Brown.** ** A quixotic adaptation of the well-known jump-rope rhyme with illustrations that are just as humorous as the unexpected results of a well-meaning experiment. Gr. PreK-2. **

ERC PROF BK PS3222.W335 2004 [|Check Availability] **Whitman, Walt. (2004). //When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer.// Pictures by Loren Long. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.** A young boy dreams of traveling into outer space and sneaks into a lecture hall to learn more from an important academic astronomer, but returns to his fantasy which is much more rewarding and far-reaching that any facts he may hear. Gr. 2-4.

ERC PROF BK PS3573.I444 V5 1981 [|Check Availability] **Willard, Nancy. (1981). //A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers.// Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.** ** A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn. **

ERC PROF BK PS3573.O64524 L63 2003 [|Check Availability] **Woodson, J. (2003). //Locomotion.// New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.** In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school. Gr. 4-6.

ERC PROF BK PN6110.L6 I2 [|Check Availability] **Yaroslava. (1976). //I Like You and Other Poems for Valentine's Day.// New York: Scribner.** ** A collection of poems of love and affection by a variety of poets. **

ERC PROF BK PZ10.5.S87 1992 [|Check Availability] **Yolen, J. (1992). //Street Rhymes Around the World.// Illustrated by 17 International Artists. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong.** ** An anthology of counting game, circle game and jump rope rhymes from seventeen countries, including the United States, Greece, Brazil, China, Zambia, and India. Gr. 1-2. **

ERC PROF BK PS3575 .O43 C65 2003 [|Check Availability] Gr. PreS-3.
 * Yolen, J. (2000). //Color me a rhyme: nature poems for young people.// Honesdale, PA: Wordsong.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.Z47 Mo 1997 [|Check Availability] **Ziefert, H. (1997). //Mother Goose Math.// Illustrated by Emily Bolam. New York: Viking.** ** A collection of nursery rhymes, each with a numerical theme. **

**__Poetry for Grades 4-8__**

Call# A collection of poetry chronicle the rich diversity of young Latino immigrant experiences. Gr. 4-8.
 * Ada, Alma Flor & Campoy, F. Isabel. (2013). //Yes! We are Latinos! Watertown//, MA: Charlesbridge.**

ERC PROF BK PS3551.D66 B5 1982 [|Check Availability]
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1982). //Birds: Poems.// Illustrated by Troy Howell. New York: Lippincott.**
 * A collection of poems written from the points of view of various birds. **

Through poems and poetic prose pieces, acclaimed children's author Adoff celebrates that uniquely American form of music called the blues. Gr. 3-up.
 * ERC PROF BK PS3551 .D66 R66 2011 [|Check Availability] **
 * Adoff, Arnold. (2011). //Roots and Blues: A celebration.// New York: Clarion Books. **

** Poems celebrating a teacher's point of view include "Perfect Attendance," "The Empty Desk," "Library-Gold," "The Note I Never Sent," and "The School Secretary." **
 * ERC PROF BK PS3553.A336 R35 1999 [|Check Availability] **
 * Bagert, Brod. (1999). //Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-green Tile: Poems in the Voice of the Classroom Teacher.// Illustrated by Kim Doner. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.B59727 Ir 1999 [|Check Availability] ** ** When Wise Woman Magee is tricked into nursing a goblin back to health, she only ecapes with the help of her children whose costumes frighten the goblins. **
 * Blazek, Sarah Kirwan. (1999). //An Irish Hallowe'en.// Illustrated by James Rice. Gretna: Pelican Pub. Co. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.P2583 1982 [|Check Availability] ** ** A collection of nursery rhymes about various characters who live in odd places, like the old woman who lived in a shoe, the man who lived in the moon, and the king who lived in a basin of water, among others. **
 * Blegvad, Lenore. (1982). //The Parrot in the Garret and Other Rhymes about Dwellings.// Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. New York: Atheneum. **

** ERC PROF BK PQ2605.E55 F473 1986 [|Check Availability] ** No summary available.
 * Brown, Marcia. (1986). //Shadow.// New York: Aladdin Books. **

ERC PROF BK PS3552.R794 T47 1992 [|Check Availability] ** Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of Native American indians. Gr. K-4. **
 * Bruchac, Joseph, & Jonathan London. (1992). //Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons.// Illustrated by Thomas Locker. New York: Philomel Books. **

ERC PROF BK PS3552.R848 S57 1992 [|Check Availability] ** A collection of poems and paintings celebrating the ups and downs of life. Gr. 2-6. **
 * Bryan, Ashley. (1992). //Sing to the Sun: Poems and Pictures.// New York: HarperCollins. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .C8615 Lo 2008 [|Check Availability] In this novel in verse, a young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poem mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
 * Creech, Sharon. (2001). //Love that dog.// New York: HarperCollins.**

** ERC PROF BK PZ7.5 .G75 Pl 2011 [|Check Availability] ** A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl. Gr. 4-6.
 * Grimes, Nikki. (2011). //Planet Middle School//. New York: Bloomsbury. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3557.U489 U53 1998 [|Check Availability] ** ** Gunning, Monica. (1998). //Under the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems.// Illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press. ** ** A collection of poems about people and places that were part of the author's childhood in Jamaica. Gr. 3-7. **

** ERC PROF BK PN6101.H35 2005 [|Check Availability] ** **// Haiku Hike. // (2005). Written and Illustrated by fourth grade students of St. Mary's Catholic School in Mansfield, MA. New York: Scholastic. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PR9199.3.H345 F58 2000 [|Check Availability] **Harley, Avis. (2000). //Fly with Poetry.// Illustrated by Avis Harley. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.** Defines and provides examples of various forms of poetry, such as blank verse, haiku, and metaphor, from Abecedarian to Zoophabet. Gr. 3-5.

ERC PROF BK PZ7.H4364 Ou 1999b [|Check Availability] **Hesse, Karen. (1999). //Out of the Dust.// New York: Scholastic Inc/Apple Signature.** ** A poem cycle that reads as a novel narrates the story of fifteen-year-old Billie Jo and her battle against the elements during the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of 1934. ** ** Gr. **** 4-8. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3558.O347745 B9 2003 [|Check Availability] ** ** Holbrook, Sara. (2003). //By Definition: Poems of Feelings.// Illustrated by Scott Mattern. Honesdale, Pa: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press. ** Forty poems explore the emotions and dilemmas of being a teenager, offering empathy and encouragement for those who are having trouble understanding disappointment, trust, love, and doubt. Gr. 4-7.

ERC PROF BK PS595.W36 A45 2008 [|Check Availability] **Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (2008). //America at War.// Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.** A collection of poems about America at war from the Revolution to the Iraq war. Gr. 5-8.

ERC PROF BK PS3515.U274 B6 1995 [|Check Availability] ** Hughes, Langston. (1996). //The Block: Poems.// Collage by Romare Bearden. New York: Viking. ** ** A collection of thirteen of Langston Hughes poems on African American themes. **

ERC PROF BK PS3515.U274 D7 1996 [|Check Availability] ** Hughes, Langston. (1996). //The Dream Keeper and Other Poems.// Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. New York: Knopf. ** ** Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience. Gr. 4-12. **

** ERC PROF BK PS586.3 .K525 2006 [|Check Availability] ** ** This anthology features 29 poems, each a different form. Appended is a brief explanation of the form characteristics. Gr. 5-up. **
 * Janeczko, Paul B. (2005). //A kick in the head: An everyday guide to poetic form.// New York: Scholastic. **

ERC PROF BK PS3560.O37129 O8 1998 [|Check Availability] **Johnson, Angela. (1998). //The Other Side: Shorter Poems.// New York: Orchard Books.** ** A collection of poems reminiscent of growing up as an African-American girl in Shorter, Alabama. Gr. 5-7. **

ERC PROF BK PN6109.97.T35 1985 [|Check Availability] **Koch, Kenneth, & Farrell, Kate. (1985). //Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People.// New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.** No summary available. Gr. 5-12.

** ERC PROF BK PS3562.A9127 H36 1993 [|Check Availability] ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Lawrence, Jacob. (1993). //Harriet and the Promised Land.// New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A brief biography in verse about Harriet Tubman and her dedicated efforts to lead her fellow slaves to freedom. **

ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 B66 1999 [|Check Availability] **Lewis, J. Patrick. (1999). //The Bookworm's Feast: A Potluck of Poems.// Pictures by John O'Brien. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.** ** A collection of poems on a variety of topics organized according to the courses of a meal. Gr. 3-6. **

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 S93 2003 [|Check Availability] ** Lewis, J. Patrick. (2003). //Swan Song: Poems of Extinction.// Woodcuts by Christopher Wormell. Mankato, MN: Creative Editions. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Contains poems about the world's extinct animals. Gr. 5-8.

ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 B76 2007 [|Check Availability] **Lewis, J. Patrick. (2007). //The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse.// Photographs by Civil War Photographers. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.** ** Drawn from books, articles, the speeches of Lincoln, and the letters of Grant and Lee, a historical documentation of the Civil War uses poetry to bring to life the brutal conflict that tore America apart. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS3525.E639 H34 1987 [|Check Availability] ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Merriam, Eve. (1987). //Halloween A B C.// Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Macmillan.** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A poem for each letter of the alphabet introduces a different, spooky aspect of Halloween. Gr. 5-12. **

ERC PROF BK PS3613.I5394 P64 2007 [|Check Availability] **Miller, Kate. (2007). //Poems in Black and White.// Honesdale, PA: Wordsong.** ** A collection of poems that explore the world as it is seen in black and white, finding these two hues are sometimes more vibrant than the brightest color. Gr. 3-6. **

ERC PROF BK PS3563.O73 C64 1996 [|Check Availability] **Mora, Pat. (1996). //Confetti: Poems for Children.// Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee & Low Books.** ** Poems celebrating the beauty of the Southwest as experienced by a Mexican American girl who lives there. Gr. 1-4. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3563.O73 D47 1994 [|Check Availability] ** ** Mora, Pat. (1994). //The Desert is My Mother = El Desierto es Mi Madre.// Art by Daniel Lechon. Houston, TX: Pinata Books. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A poetic depiction of the desert as the provider of comfort, food, spirit, and life. **

ERC PROF BK PS3563.O73 Y8618 2008 [|Check Availability] **Mora, Pat. (2008). //Yum! immmm! ique rico!: brotes de las Americas.// Illustrated by: Rafael Lo. New York: Lee & Low Books.** ** From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food's origins. **

ERC PROF BK PS3563.Y48 H37 1997 [|Check Availability] **Myers, Walter Dean. (1997). //Harlem: A Poem.// Pictures by Christopher Myers. New York: Scholastic Press.** ** A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem. **

ERC PROF BK PS3537.A618 Z787 2003 [|Check Availability] **Niven, Penelope. (2003). //Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet.// Illustrated by Marc Nadel. Orlando: Harcourt.** Traces the life of the American poet, journalist, and historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for History. Gr. 4-8.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I295 T47 2007 [|Check Availability] **Sidman, Joyce. (2007). //This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness.// Illustrated by Pamela Zag. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.** ** In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's class puts together a book of poems of apology, which includes writings of crushes, overbearing parents, loving and losing pets, and more. Gr. 4-7. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3569 .I295 W48 2013 Check Availability ** ** Using poetic forms from the past, Sidman writes poetry of modern issues. Gr. 4-7. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sidman, Joyce. (2013). //What the heart knows: Chants, charms & blessings.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin. **

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I36 T638 2006 [|Check Availability] **Siebert, Diane. (2006). //Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art.// Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.** ** Poems and illustrations celebrate some of the unique scenic treasures of the United States. Gr. 4-7. **

** ERC PROF BK PZ8.3.S5844 Fa 1996 [|Check Availability] ** **<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Silverstein, Shel. (1996). //Falling Up: Poems and Drawings.// New York: HarperCollins. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A collection of humorous poems and drawings. Gr. 3-12.

ERC PROF BK PS3569.I546 M557 2010 [|Check Availability] **Singer, Marilyn. (2010). //Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse.// Illustrated by Josee Masse. New York: Dutton.** A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature. Gr. 3-6.

ERC PROF BK PS3619.M587 M68 2009 [|Check Availability] **Smith, Hope Anita. (2009). //Mother Poems.// Illustrated by Hope Anita Smith. New York: Henry Holt and Co.** An emotionally-charged collection of poems explores the death of a parent through the eyes of a child and then a young woman and features folk-art images that capture hope, strength, and the will to overcome. Gr. 4-7.

<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ERC PROF BK HV5809.5.T39 1992 [|Check Availability] ** Taylor, Clark. (1992). //The House that Crack Built.// Illustrated by Jan Thompson Dicks. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ** No summary available. Gr. K-12.

ERC PROF BK PS3623 .O54 O96 2003 [|Check Availability] More than thirty poems describe individual part of the body and what they do for us, and for some parts, such as the face, the verses describe how we communicate nonverbally with other people. Gr. 4-8.
 * Wolf, Alan. (2003). //The blood-hungry spleen and other poems about our parts.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. **

<span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__Poetry for Grades 7-12__**

ERC PROF BK PS591.N4 I3 1997 [|Check Availability]
 * Adoff, Arnold. (1997). //I am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans.// Drawings by Benny Andrews. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.**
 * Collects verse by African American poets of the twentieth century. Gr. 7-12. **

ERC PROF BK PS3551.L7943 A85 2001 [|Check Availability]
 * Altman, Susan, & Lechner, Susan. (2001). //Ancient Rome.// Illustrated by Susan Hughes. New York: Children's Press.**
 * Presents an introduction to ancient Rome's people, places, and culture, including the gladiators, Julius Caesar, Roman roads, and togas. **

**Angelou, Maya. (1994). //Soul Looks Back In Wonder.// Illustrated by Tom Feelings. New York: Dial Books.** Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia Toure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage. Gr. 5-12.
 * ERC PROF BK PS591.N4 S58 1994 [|Check Availability] **

** ERC PROF BK PM197.E3 O5 [|Check Availability] **
 * Bierhorst, John. (1994). //On the Road of Stars: Native American Night Poems and Sleep Charms.// Pictures by Judy Pederson. New York: Macmillan. **
 * A collection of fifty-one Native American sleep charms and poems, representing a wide range of tribal traditions. Gr. 6-12. **

ERC PROF BK Ps591.H58 C66 1994 [|Check Availability] ** Poems celebrate themes and moods from Hispanic-American teenage life. **
 * Carlson, Lori M. (1994). //Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States.// New York: Fawcett Juniper. **

ERC PROF BK PR4611.J3 2007 [|Check Availability]
 * Carroll, Lewis. (2007). //Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.// Illustrated by Christopher Myers. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion books for Children.**
 * The author's famous poem is given a modern visual twist as the Jabberwocky becomes a fourteen-fingered, slam-dunking beast on the basketball court. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7.F59816 You 2010 [|Check Availability] Presents a collection of short stories and poems about African-American teenage boys and the issues they must deal with, including HIV, teen pregnancy, and homelessness. Gr. 8-12.
 * Flake, Sharon. (2010). //You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys.// New York: Jump at the Sun.**

ERC PROF BK PS586.3 F35 2008 [|Check Availability]
 * Franco, Betsy. (2008). //Falling hard: 100 love poems by teenagers.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.**
 * A collection of one hundred love poems written by teens. Gr. 9-12. **

ERC PROF BK PS591.N4 S55 1996 [|Check Availability] ** Presents the poetry of notable African American authors. Gr. 9-12. **
 * Giovanni, Nikki. (1996). //Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems.// New York: Henry Holt. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3607 .R3275 I15 2012 [|Check Availability] ** ** This volume of evocative and moving poetry considers the experiences of slaves in a variety of circumstances including a house slave, a mother who loses her daughter on the auction block, and a slave fleeing through the Underground Railroad. Illustrated using images found in quilts. Gr. 6-12. **
 * Grady, Cynthia. (2012). //I lay my stitches down: Poems of American slavery.// Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3607.R363 B56 2007 [|Check Availability] ** ** Grandits, John. (2007). //Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems.// New York: Clarion Books. ** ** Presents a collection of poems in which fifteen-year-old Jessie voices such teenage concerns as making new friends, getting along with an annoying younger brother, finding the right makeup and hairstyle, playing volleyball, and attending school prep rallies. **

ERC PROF BK PS3608.E49 Y68 2007 [|Check Availability] **Hemphill, Stephanie. (2007). //Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.// New York: Alfred A. Knopf.** ** The author interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up the brief life of Sylvia Plath. Gr. 8-12. **

** ERC PROF BK PS508.I5 R57 1993 [|Check Availability] ** ** Hirschfelder, Ariene B., & Singer, Beverly R. (1993). //Rising Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans.// New York: Ballantine. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** A collection of poems and essays by young contemporary native American writers reflect their community's feelings of alienation, pain, joy, and celebration. Gr. 5-12. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PS325 .L62 2010 [|Check Availability] ** Discover some of the poetry of leading contemporary American poets, including: Roethke, Bishop, Stafford, Lowell, Brooks, Wilbur, Ginsberg, Merwin, Rich, Plath, Collins, and Gluck.
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Llanas, Sheila Griffin. (2010). //Contemporary American poetry : "not the end, but the beginning" (Poetry Rocks!)// Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers. **

** ERC PROF BK PS591.H58 R43 2005 [|Check Availability] ** ** Mari, Lori. (2005). //Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States.// New York: Henry Holt. ** ** A stunning variety of Latino poets, both familiar names and new voices, illuminate the difficulty of straddling cultures, languages, and identities, while celebrating food, family, love, and triumph. Gr. 8-11. **

ERC PROF BK PS3562.E9465 S38 2004 [|Check Availability] **Myers, Walter Dean. (2004). //Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices.// New York: Holiday House.** Celebrates the diverse and colorful community of Harlem through a poetic review of its many residents, from the jazz artist and veterans to the nannies and mail carriers…and more! Gr. 7-10. Also available in audiobook format.

ERC PROF BK PS3573.A795 W73 2005 [|Check Availability] **Nelson, Marilyn. (2005). //A Wreath for Emmett Till.// Illustrated by Philippe Lardy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.** Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted. Gr. 9-12.
 * //Teacher Resource: @http://hmhtrade.com/bookclubs/teachers-resources/a-wreath-for-emmett-till-written-by-marilyn-nelson-illustrated-by-philippe-lardy///

ERC PROF BK PZ7.5 .N49 Oct 2012 [|Check Availability] Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Includes research documentation and an explanation about the poetic forms used in the book. Gr. 9-up.
 * Newman, Leslea. (2012). //October mourning: A song for Matthew Shepard.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.**
 * //Teacher Resource: []//

ERC PROF BK PN6109.97.T49 1992 [|Check Availability] **Nye, Naomi Shihab. (1992). //This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems From Around the World.// New York: Four Winds Press.** ** A multicultural anthology of poems represents the poetic voices, observations, traditions, and stories of people from some sixty countries around the world. Gr. 9-12. **

ERC PROF BK PS584.P63 2010 [|Check Availability] **Paschen, Elise, ed. (2010). Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.** Poetry anthology features both old and new poetry that speaks to teens. Includes an audio CD of the poetry being read.

** ERC PROF BK PN6109.97 .E28 1998 [|Check Availability] ** **Rosenburg, Liz. (1998). //Earth-shattering Poems.// New York: H. Holt.** ** A collection of poems that capture intense experiences and emotions by such authors as Sappho, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Sharon Olds, and J. E. Wei. Gr. 7-12. **

** ERC PROF BK PN6109.97.L54 2000 [|Check Availability] ** ** Rosenburg, Liz. (2000). //Light-gathering Poems.// New York: Henry Holt. ** ** A compilation of poetry that embraces light and the beauty of illumination includes works by such authors as Robert Frost and Jane Kenyon. Gr. 7-12. **

** ERC PROF BK PS3569 .O72 F5 2006 [|Check Availability] ** ** A collection of poetry inspired by Soto's youth in California's Central Valley brimming with the emotions that make growing up so wondrous. Gr. 7-12. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Soto, Gary. (2006). //A fire in my hands, revised and expanded edition.// Orlando: Harcourt. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ERC PROF BK PZ5 .S5145 2001 [|Check Availability] ** **// Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls. // (2001). Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A collection of poems, stories and essays written by girls 12 to 18 years of age and revealing the secrets which enabled them to overcome the challenges they faced. Edited by Betsy Franco. Gr 6-up.

ERC PROF BK PN6110.B75 B54 2002 [|Check Availability] **Vecchione, Patrice. (2002). //The Body Eclectic: An Anthropology of Poems.// New York: H.H. Holt.** <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Drawing on poets from Shakespeare to Lucille Clifton, a collection of poems both serious and silly addresses what our bodies are, how we love them, what they give us, and what they take away. Gr. 7-12.

__Books About Poets and Writing Poetry__
ERC PROF BK PS3515 .U274 Z6176 2004 [|Check Availability] Describes how poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the compositiion of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". Gr. 5-up.
 * Burleigh, Robert. (2004). //Langston's train ride.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN1031 .M885 2012 Mussari, Mark. (2012). Poetry. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish. Explores and explains the craft of writing poetry by providing examples and exercises. Gr. 5-10.

__Nonprint Items__
ERC PIC FILES PN1031.P6 Part 2 [|Check Availability] **The Perfection Form Company. (1966). //Poetry Wall Charts.// Logan, IA: The Company.** No summary available.

ERC NON PRNT PS3572.A395 A85 1995b [|Check Availability] **Valli, Clayton. (1995). //ASL Poetry.// San Diego: Dawn Pictures.** Selected works of Clayton Valli. DVD.

**__Teacher Resources__**

ERC PROF BK LB1575 .A32 1994 [|Check Availability] Collection of original poetry, thematically grouped across the curriculum. This includes poetry themes, teaching plans and activities. Gr. 1-3.
 * Adams, P.J. & Kronowitz, E.L. (1994). //Pathways to poetry: poetry fun for grades 1-3.// Carthage, IL: Fearon Teacher Aids.**

ERC PROF BK PN1085 .B66 2003 [|Check Availability] Background on what poetry is and how to teach children how to read and write it. Gr. 4-8.
 * Booth, D.& Moore, B. (2003). //Poems please! Sharing poetry with children, 2nd ed.// Markham, Ontario, Canada: Pembroke Publishers.**

ERC PROF BK LB1576 B36 2003 [|Check Availability] Ideas for creating a classroom full of poetry springboards. Gr. PreS-Gr. 5.
 * Booth, D. & Moore, B. (2004). //Poetry goes to school: from Mother Goose to Shel Silverstein.// Markham, Ontario, Canada: Pembroke Publishers.**

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.N48 1984 [|Check Availability] An anthology of more than 200 old and new poems for preschool through adolescent readers.
 * Cole, J. (1984). //A new treasury of children's poetry: old favorites and new discoveries.// Illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.**

ERC PROF BK LB1576 .F677 2005 [|Check Availability] Poet Franco shares her thoughts on why teach poetry and its various forms.
 * Franco, B. (2005). //Conversations with a poet: inviting poetry into K-12 classrooms.// Katonah, NY: Richard C. Owen.**

ERC PROF BK Call# Over 40 different poetry structures will guide students step-by-step through the process of writing poetry. Gr. 3-6
 * Franco, B. & Damon, M. (2000). //The secret life of words: Poetry exercises and activities, grades 3-6.// San Diego, CA: Teaching Resource Center.**

ERC PROF BK LB1576 .G7275 1992 [|Check Availability] Strategies for teachers to use when reading poetry to children and guiding their writing experience.
 * Graves, D. H. (1992). //Explore Poetry (Reading/Writing Teachers).// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.**

ERC PROF BK Call# Use poems to build literacy activities, critical thinking and comprehension. Gr. 2-4.
 * Hayes, N.E. (2004). //Develop reading fluency using poetry, gr. 2-4//. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.**

ERC PROF BK PN4151.H65 2006 [|Check Availability] **Holbrook, S. & Salinger, Mi. (2006). //Outspoken!: How to Improve Writing and Speaking Skills Through Poetry Performance.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.** No summary available.

ERC PROF BK PS3558 .O347745 W48 2002 [|Check Availability] **Holbrook, S. (2002). //Wham! It's a poetry jam: Discovering performance poetry.// Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.** A beginning guide to performing poetry with style and pizzazz. Gr. 5-8.

ERC PROF BK PN1059.A9 J36 1999 [|Check Availability] **Janeczko, Paul. (1999). //How to Write Poetry.// New York: Scholastic, Inc.** Provides practical advice with checklists on the art of writing poetry. Gr. 5-8.

ERC PROF BK PN1031.K35 2005 [|Check Availability] **Kalaidjian, Walter B. (2005). //Understanding Poetry.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.** This contemporary, distinctive, and inclusive anthology offers a fresh introduction to poetry.

ERC PROF BK PS586.3.K58 1999 [|Check Availability] Gathers poems that make you smile, share feelings, and special kinds of poems such as limericks, songs, and haiku. Gr. 3-7.
 * Kennedy, X.J., & Kennedy, Dorothy. (1999). //Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Writing Poetry.// Illustrated by Karen Lee Baker. Boston: Little, Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PE1112.M33 2005 [|Check Availability]
 * Mack, Nancy. (2005). //Teaching Grammar with Playful Poems: Engaging Lessons with Model Poems by Favorite Poets that Motivate Kids to Learn Grammar.// New York: Teaching Resources.**
 * This is a collection of grammar lessons that teachers and students will love! Poems by Jack Prelutski, Shel Silverstein, and others who take a playful approach to language introduce each grammar concept—from parts of speech to sentence construction and agreement. **

ERC PROF BK PN109.97 .P624 2006 [|Check Availability] Spark a love of poetry and language with this classroom treasury of poems. It includes different poetic forms and figurative language, teaching tips and activities. Gr. 3-5.
 * Moger, Susan. (2006). //A poem for every day! An anthology of 180 poems with activities to enhance your teaching.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK LB1576.T39 2010 [|Check Availability] **Moss, Barbara, & Lapp, Dianne. (2010). //Teaching New Literacies in Grades 4-6: Resources for 21st-century Classrooms.// New York: Guilford Press.** This resource provides 24 complete literacy lessons for teachers of grades 4-6, using traditional texts, such as fiction, poetry, drama, non-narrative texts. Gr. 4-6.

ERC PROF BK LB1530.M86 2002 [|Check Availability] **Murphy, Frank. (2002). //Our Country: dozens of instant and irresistible ideas and activities to teach about the flag, the Pledge, the Presidents and more.// New York: Scholastic Professional Books.** Help young students begin to understand the meaning behind our national symbols and the working of our government with these engaging, teacher-tested activities. Gr. PreS-2.

ERC PROF BK Call# Improve reading standardized test scores by improving students' performances on the poetry passages. Gr. 4.
 * //Poetry comprehension skills, gr. 4.// (2006). Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn/Harcourt Achieve. **

ERC PROF BK LB1575.P65 2002 [|Check Availability] **Polette, Nancy & Ebbesmeyer, Joan. (2002). //Literature Lures: Using Picture Books and Novels to Motivate Middle School Readers.// Greenwood Village, CO: Teacher Ideas Press.** ** This is the tool teachers have been waiting for to explore important themes and to motivate students to become involved in the literature experience. Each title was carefully chosen using as criteria the quality of the writing, the importance of its message, and how easily it could serve as a springboard to junior novels that explore the same theme. Gr. 6-10. **

** ERC PROF BK LB1573 .R37 2010 [|Check Availability] ** ** This series brings poetry into a whole new light for students in grades 1-8. Playful, original content will engage. The easy-to-use, standards-based lessons and purposeful activity pages address key literacy skills. An audio CD of the poems can be used to support fluency and comprehension. Also included is an interactive whiteboard-compatible resource CD. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Rasinski, T, et.al. //Poems for Building Reading Skills.// Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. **
 * **Level 1.** (2010).
 * **Level 2.** (2004).
 * **Level 3.** (2004).
 * **Level 4.** (2010).
 * **Level 5.** (2010).
 * **Levels 6-8.** (2010).

** ERC PROF BK LB1573.3.R67 2000 [|Check Availability] ** ** Ross, Linda B. (2000). //The Super Book of Phonics Poems: 88 Playful Poems with Easy Lessons that Teach Consonants, Vowels, Blends, Diagraphs, and Much More.// New York: Scholastic Professional Books. ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Teaching phonics is a delight with this big collection of irresistible poetry! Gr. K-3. **

ERC PROF BK LB1576.R68 2000 [|Check Availability] **Routman, Regie. (2000). //Kids' poems: teaching first graders to love writing poetry.// New York: Scholastic.** Provides teaching strategies and describes the poetry-writing process to help first graders write poems. Gr. 1.

ERC PROF BK PR1175.A155 2003 [|Check Availability] **Schakel, Peter & Ridl, Jack. (2003). //250 Poems: A Portable Anthology.// Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.** Wide and well-balanced selection of chronologically arranged poems, supported by succinct, practical editorial features. Gr. 9-up.

ERC PROF BK LB1525.8.S85 1999 [|Check Availability] **Sullivan, Mary. (1999). //101 Thematic Poems for Emergent Readers: Lively Rhymes and Easy Activities that Build Early Reading Skills and Delight All Learners.// New York: Scholastic Professional Books.** ** Set the stage for reading success with this big collection of playful, predictable poems just for emergent readers! Gr. PreK-2. **

** ERC PROF BK Z718.3 .V36 2014 Check Availability ** ** A guide for educators to creative and innovative ways to use poetry in the classroom. Strategies, best practices, and lists of poetry are included. Gr. K-8. **
 * Vardell, Sylvia M. (2014). //Poetry aloud here 2: Sharing poetry with children.// Chicago: American Library Association. **

** ERC PROF BK PR1195 .C47 P63 2012 [|Check Availability] ** ** Grouped by grade, these 218 poems by 75 poets is carefully aligned to the Common Core Standards. Gr. K-5. **
 * Vardell, Sylvia & Wong, Janet, ed. (2012). //The poetry Friday anthology: Poems for the school year with connections to the Common Core, K-5 edition.// Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books. **

** ERC PROF BK PR1195 .C47 P632 2013 [|Check Availability] ** ** Grouped by grade, these 108 poems is carefully aligned to the Common Core Standards. Gr. 6-8. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Vardell, Sylvia & Wong, Janet, ed. (2013). //The poetry Friday anthology for middle school: Poems for the school year with connections to the Common Core, Middle School Edition, Grades 6-8.// Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books. **

** Call# ** ** This collection of 218 poems by 78 poets offers a poem-a-week for each grade level with content tied to the science curriculum and //Take 5!// mini-lessons for each poem that make it easy to teach poetry. Gr. K-5. **
 * Vardell, Sylvia & Wong, Janet., ed. (2014). //The poetry Friday anthology for science: Poems for the school year integrating science, reading, and language arts, K-5 teacher edition.// Princeton, NY: Pomelo Books. **