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Children's Literature: Poetry

What is Poetry?

Shel Silverstein

Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
Call Number: JUV PS3569 .I47224 F3 1996
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Call Number: JUV PS3569 .I47224 L5 1981
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Call Number: JUV PS3569 .I47224 W5 1974
Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS3569 .I47224 E94 2011

Poetry for Older Readers

Cool Salsa by Lori M. Carlson; Óscar Hijuelos (Introduction by); Lori Marie Carlson (Editor)
Call Number: SPA PS591 .H58 C66 1994 Spanish Collection

for older readers grades 8-12
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle by Stephen Dunning; Edward Lueders (Illustrator); Hugh Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS614 .D8 1967

for older readers grades 6-12
This Same Sky by Naomi Shihab Nye (Selected by)
Call Number: PN6109.97 .T49 1992

for older readers grades 8-12

Poetry Books @ the MCC library

Love That Dog by Creech; Sharon Creech
Call Number: JUV CRE
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
Call Number: JUV PS3556 .L589 I57 1998
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV MOS

Caldecott Honor
The Beauty of the Beast by Jack Prelutsky (Selected by); Meilo So (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PN6110 .A7 B43 1997
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
Call Number: JUV PS3566.R36 N4 1984
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury by Jack Prelutsky (Selected by); Meilo So (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS586.3 .T27 1999
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky; Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS3566 .R36 D7 1993
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS591 .N4 B46 1997

Coretta Scott King Award
Night Garden by Janet S. Wong; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS3573 .O578 N5 2000
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS2271 .P3 1985