Poetry
Inspire a love of poetry for kids of all ages . . . or learn to write your own.
Suggested Poetry books
Walking the Bridge of your Nose / by Michael Rosen J 811 WAL
Meow Ruff / by Joyce Sidman J 811 SID
Water Music: poems for young children / by Jane Yolen J 811 YOL
Fold Me a Poem / by Kristine O'Connell George J 811.54 GEO
Wake Up House!: rooms full of poems / by Dee Lillegard J 811.54 LIL
Lunch Money / by Carol Diggory Sheilds J 811 SHE
Oh No! Where are My Pants? and other school disasters: poems
/ by Lee Bennett Hopkins J 811.008 ONO
Good Mousekeeping: and other animal poems / by J. Patrick Lewis J 811 LEW
A Burst of Firsts: doers, shakers and record breakers / by J. Patrick Lewis J 811 LEW
I Thought I'd Take My Rat to School / by Dorothy M. Kennedy J 811 KEN
The Kitchen Talks / by Shirley Mozelle J 811.54 MOZ
If you like Shel Silverstein, you might also like . . .
Jack Prelutsky
Douglas Florian
Ogden Nash
James Stevenson
Write Poetry
Poem-Making: Ways to begin writing poetry / by Myra Cohn Livingston J 808.1 LIV
How to Write Poetry / by Paul B. Janeczko J 808.1 JAN
Poetry Matters: writing a poem from the inside out / by Ralph Fletcher J 808.1 FLE
Get Published!
Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market 808.02 CHI

