Juvenile / Poetry

A is for Alaska: Written by Kids for Kids

by Boys and Girls Clubs Alaska

This kid-size photo book covers locations, peoples, landmarks, and icons from across Alaska. Kids like the See-My-State Series because they are written by kids.

How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers

by Academy of American Poets, American Poetry & Literacy Project & Ted Kooser

Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth century through today, this anthology invites young readers to sample a taste of irresistible poems that will nourish their minds and spirits. Selected for both...

Korean Nursery Rhymes: Wild Geese, Land of Goblins and other Favorite Songs and Rhymes [Korean-English] [Downloadable MP3 Audio Included]

by Danielle Wright & Helen Acraman

A charming collection of fourteen well-loved rhymes, Korean Nursery Rhymes is the perfect introduction to Korean language and culture for young readers.

This beautifully illustrated book features songs and rhymes...

Japanese Nursery Rhymes: Carp Streamers, Falling Rain and Other Traditional Favorites (Share and Sing in Japanese & English; includes Downloadable Aud

by Danielle Wright & Helen Acraman

**2012 Creative Child Magazine Media of the Year Award Winner!**

A delightful collection of fifteen well-loved rhymes, Japanese Nursery Rhymes is the perfect introduction to Japanese language and culture for...

Poisoned Apples

by Christine Heppermann

Every little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale.

Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty...

Tell the World

by WritersCorps

Through poetry we tell the world who we are, where we're from, what we love, what we think, how we feel, and why we hope.

With a foreword by hip-hop artist and celebrated urban poet Common, Tell the World is...

Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out

by Ralph Fletcher

A practical guide to demystify the process of writing poetry, by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding.

Poetry matters. At the most important moments, when everyone...

Time You Let Me In

by Naomi Shihab Nye

They are inspiring talented stunning remarkable wise

They are also fearless depressed hilarious impatient in love out of love pissed off

And they want you to let them in.

Honeybee

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate.

Where would we be without them? Where would we be without one another?

In eighty-two poems and paragraphs,...

Wildly Romantic

by Catherine M. Andronik

Meet the rebellious young poets who brought about a literary revolution

Rock stars may think they invented sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but the Romantic poets truly created the mold.

In the early 1800s, poetry...

The Love of a Woman

by Rosarita Cuccoli

Poetry collection. English language

The New McGuffey First Reader

by William Holmes McGuffey

The New McGuffey First Reader has been prepared in conformity with the latest and most approved ideas regarding the teaching of reading, and its lessons embody and illustrate the best features of the word, the...

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

by T. S. Eliot

First published in 1939, T.S. Eliot's collection of cat poems, written originally to amuse his godchildren and friends, has become a favorite of children's literature...

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

by Phillis Wheatley

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England (published 1 September 1773) is a collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley...

A Heap o' Livin'

by Edgar A. Guest

Fantastic Poetry

When you get to know a fellow, know his joys and know his cares, When you've come to understand him and the burdens that he bears, When you've learned the fight he's making and the troubles in...

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

by Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". The poem describes the travels and reflections...

A Lute of Jade : Selections from the Classical Poets of China

by L. Cranmer

Chinese poetry -- Translations into English

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from...

Christmas, and Poems on Slavery for Christmas (Olymp Classics)

by Thomas Hill & Olymp Classics

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. A set of Christmas and antislavery poems published by Thomas Hill (1818-1891) for the Boston antislavery...

Whatchamacallit

by Tyrone Anthony Norman

If your at the park stick your feet in the sand. Open the book and see where you land, or all depending on your mood. Professor Nutty is a pretty cool dude. Before you hit the sac, or today with a snack, but...

Milestones

by Lewis Hill

About the book

'MILESTONES:a development'is a collection of sensitive observations written in poetic form about family life in all its aspects, from the nature of combining an Italian heritage with an equally...