Kids Book Index
Janeczko, Paul B; Illustrated by Chris Raschka
A celebrated duo reunites for a look at poems through history inspired by objects—earthly and celestial—reflecting the time in which each poet lived.A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages.
Sail AwayLangston HughesA celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan.The great African American poet Langston Hughes penned poem after poem about the majesty of the sea, and the great African American…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next GenerationBrett Fletcher Lauer, Lynn Melnick, introduction by Carolyn ForchéOne hundred different points of view. Here is a cross-section of American poetry as it is right now —full of grit and love, sparkling with humor, searing the heart, smashing through boundaries on every page.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Changes: A Child’s First Poetry CollectionZolotow, Charlotte; Illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke; Introduction by Crescent DragonwagonFirst comes spring with birds building nests... Summer with its abundance of roses... Fall with crisp falling leaves... and winter with bright brushes of snow.PoetryOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details