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Hi all,
Thanks for your suggestions regarding a start-up children's poetry
collection for secondary schools:
I have my own suggestions for K-4 poetry...
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic - Shel Silverstein
Ride a Purple Pelican - Jack Prelutsky
New Kid on the Block - Jack Prelutsky
something by Douglas Florian
something by Kalli Dakos
Robert Frost has a picture book called Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes also have picture book offerings
Baseball, snakes, and summer squash : poems about growing up - Donald Graves
Mary Hoberman has many good collections
Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Viorst, Judith.
If I were in charge of the world and other worries : poems for
children and their parents / by Judith Viorst ; illustrated by Lynne
Cherry. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Atheneum, 1981.
56 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Forty-one poems reveal a variety of secret thoughts, worries, and
wishes.
ISBN 0689308639 (lib. bdg.)
1. Children's poetry, American.
81002342 /AC
Prelutsky, Jack.
The dragons are singing tonight / Jack Prelutsky ; pictures by Peter
Sis. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Greenwillow Books, c1993.
39 p. : col. ill ; 31 cm.
A collection of poems about dragons, including "I'm an Amiable
Dragon," "If You Don't Believe in Dragons," and "A Dragon Is in My
Computer."
ISBN 0688125115 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 068809645X
1. Dragons--Poetry. 2. Dragons--Juvenile poetry. 3. American poetry.
4. Children's poetry, American.
92029013
92029013 /AC
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
Brown angels : an album of pictures and verse / Walter Dean Myers.
-- 1st ed. -- New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1993.
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 27 cm.
A collection of poems, accompanied by photographs, about African
American children living around the turn of the century.
ISBN 0060229187 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 0060229179
1. American poetry. 2. Afro-Americans--Poetry. 3. Children's poetry,
American. 4. Afro-Americans--Juvenile poetry.
92036792
92036792 /AC
Wallenstein, Barry.
Roller coaster kid, and other poems / by Barry Wallenstein. -- 1st
ed. -- New York : T.Y. Crowell, c1982.
50 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
ISBN 0690040695 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 0690040679
1. American poetry. 2. Children's poetry, American.
81043320 /AC
x
(set of books)
Nielsen, Shelly, 1958-
Manners / by Shelly Nielsen ; illustrated by Marie-Claude Monchaux ;
[edited by Rosemary Wallner]. -- Edina, Minn : Abdo & Daughters, c1992.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 26 cm.
Poems feature good etiquette being practiced.
ISBN 156239066X
1. Conduct of life--Poetry. 2. Etiquette--Poetry. 3.
Courtesy--Juvenile poetry. 4. American poetry. 5. Children's poetry,
American.
91073042
91073042 /AC
Kids pick the funniest poems / edited by Bruce Lansky ; illustrated by
Steve Carpenter. -- New York ; Deephaven, MN : Distributed by Simon &
Schuster : Meadowbrook Press, c1991.
xi, 115 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Includes indexes.
Contents: Being a kid.--Parents.--Brothers and
sisters.--Friends.--School days.--Disasters.--Monsters.--Strange
stories.--Advice.
ISBN 088166149X
1. American poetry--Collections. 2. Humorous poetry--Collections. 3.
Humorous poetry, American. 4. Children's poetry, American.
91031072 /AC
The Classic treasury of children's poetry / edited by Louise Betts Egan
; with illustrations by Richard Bernal .. [et al.]. -- Philadelphia, Pa
: Courage Books, c1990.
56 p. : col. ill ; 34 cm.
ISBN 0894718029
1. Children's poetry, English. 2. Children's poetry, American.
89083327
Oxford book of poetry for children/compiled by Edward Blishen/illus. by
Brian Wildsmith. -- NY : Peter Bedrick Books, 1963, 1984.
167p.
Includes Index of authors, index of first lines. Collection of
poems by English poets.
ISBN 0911745343
1. Poetry, Childrens. 2. Children's poetry, English.
8321500
Dakos, Kalli.
Don't read this book whatever you do! : more poems about school /
Kalli Dakos ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas. -- 1st ed. -- New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1993.
64 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Variant Title: Do not read this book, whatever you do!
Best friends -- The star -- Eric is allergic to girls -- Voices from
the lost and found -- I live for gym -- An ode to a toe -- Something
splendid -- Dreams brewing -- Definition of a test -- The tragic night
-- Two eyes -- Why must it be minus three? -- If my hand didn't get so
tired -- The bugs are out.
Poems reflect life in lively classrooms and are based on the
author's experiences as an elementary school teacher.
ISBN 0027255824
1. Schools--Poetry. 2. American poetry. 3. Children's poetry.
92023236 /AC/r932
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art. -- New York : Hyperion Books for
Children, 1994.
95 p.
A collection of American poetry that celebrates more than 200 yrs of
American life and history as illus. by fine art from the Nat'l Museum of
American Art.
ISBN 1562826646
1. America--juvenile poetry. 2. Children's poetry, American. 3.
America in Art--juvenille, children.
Read-aloud poems for young people/edited by Glorya Hale. -- NY : Black
Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997.
384p.
Includes: Index of first lines; Index of poets. Collection of
verses in such categories as "Meet the family, Love and country, Poems
that tell stories, and Special places."
ISBN 1884822991
1. Nature in poetry. 2. Children's poetry. 3. Nonsense poetry. 4.
Narrative poetry.
9737235
Moore, Lilian.
Think of shadows. -- NY : Atheneum, 1980.
37p.
A collection of poems sharing shadows as a common theme.
ISBN 0689307829
1. Shades and shadows--Poetry. 2. Children's poetry, American.
8013496
Herrera, Juan Felipe.
Laughing out loud, I fly : poems in English and Spanish / Juan
Felipe Herrera ; drawings by Karen Barbour. -- 1st ed. -- New York :
HarperCollins, c1998.
[48] p. : ill ; 19 cm.
"Joanna Cotler books."
A collection of poems in Spanish and English about childhood, place,
and identity.
ISBN 0060276045
1. Mexican Americans--Poetry. 2. American poetry. 3. Children's
poetry. 4. Bilingual books--English-Spanish.
96045476 /AC
Moore, Lilian.
I'm small and other verses/illus. by Jill McElmurry. -- Cambridge,
MA : Candlewick Pr, 2001.
unp.
A collection of very short poems.
ISBN 0763611697
1. American poetry. 2. Children's poetry.
My America: a poetry atlas of the United States/selected by Lee Bennett
Hopkins/illus. by Stephen Alcorn. -- NY : Simon/Schuster, 2000.
83p.
Includes maps, facts, index of authors, index of titles, index of
first lines. Collection of poems evocative of seven geographical
regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great
Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest and Pacific Coast states.
ISBN 0689812477
1. United States--Poetry--Collections. 2. Children's
poetry--Collections.
Grimes, Nikki.
A dime a dozen. -- NY : Dial Books for young readers, 1998.
54p., col. photos.
Collection of poems about an African-American girl growing up in New
York.
1. African Americans--Poetry. 2. Children's poetry.
975798
Shel Silverstein (all of them) and Jack Prelutsky (especially Pizza the
size of a sun, and New Kid on the Block) are musts. I also love a general
anthology of Children's Poetry, like Random House of Poetry for Children.
Also, Halibuts and Hailstones is wonderful. For individual poems, there
are nice versions of Casey at the Bat, The Gobblins'll get you, Stopping by
the Woods, also children's by
famous poets, such as Robert Frost. Oh, yes, you should get a book of
limericks.
How about Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses"? You will
also want to include all of Shel Silverstein's collections as the kids love
them (humorous) along with Jack Prelutsky's works (some humorous and some a
little scary, but all a hit with the kids).
X.E. Kennedy is also a popular children's poet.
I like Douglas Florian, Kalli Dakos and Judith Viorst's poetry books for
elementary.
I recommend the following authors:
Prelutsky
Silverstein
Dakos
Michaelson
Random House Book of Poetry
Dennis Lee Alligator Pie; almost anything by him is good
Jack Prelutsky Almost anything is good
Shel Silverstein Falling Up, Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Colin McNaughton Many good choices
Robert Louis Stevenson Child's Garden of Verse
Ogden Nash Custard the Dragon
Edwin Lear Alphabet
Arnold Lobel Pigericks
Here are some other great rhyming books that could be used with poetry units
Bruce Degen Jamberry
Bill Martin Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
I don't know off-hand of any great websites... but the Carolyn and John Lima
reference books: A to Zoo, or Best Books for Children K-6 have excellent
primary references.
Dr. Seuss and P.D. Eastman books
Jack Prelutsky does funny children's stuff [The Dragons are Singing Tonight]
Robert Lewis Stevenson's [A Child's Garden of Verses] has not gone out of
style.
Mercer Meyer's [Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp] is one of my favorites.
It is not a poem, but has rhythm and meter.
Poetry for very young folk
These are all books I have reviewed for either Booklist or Kirkus
Reviews. GraceAnne A. DeCandido, May 2001
Nikki Grimes, A Pocketful of Poems. Clarion. 2001.
Jane Yolen, Color Me a Rhyme. Boyds Mills. 2000.
Judith Nicholls, Someone I Like: Poems about People. Barefoot
Books. 2000.
Joan Bransfield Grahma, Flicker Flash. Houghton Mifflin. 1999.
Kate Kiesler, Fishing for a Dream: Ocean Lullabies and Night
Verses. Clarion/HM 1999.
Ms. Tony Johnston, An Old Shell: Poems of the Galapagos. FSG.
1999.
Bob Dylan, Man Gave Names to all the Animals. Harcourt. 1999.
William Jay Smith, Here Is My Heart: Love Poems. Little, Brown.
1999.
J. Patrick Lewis, Doodle Dandies: Poems that Take Shape. S&S
Atheneum. 1998.
J. Patrick Lewis, The Bookworm’s Feast: A Potluck of Poems.
Dian. 1999.
Dee Lillegard, Wake Up House! Rooms Full of Poems. Knopf.
2000.
Richard Michelson. Ten Times Better. Marshall Cavendish. 2000.
Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Lemonade Sun and other Summer Poems.
Boyds Mill. 1998.
Steven Schur, Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic. Clarion. 1999. He
has also done Autumn and Summer.
Paul B. Janeczko, That Sweet Diamond: Baseball Poems.
Atheneum. 1998.
Constance Levy, A Crack in the Clouds. S&S/McElderry. 1998.
Richard Wilbur, The Disappearing Alphabet. Harcourt. 1998.
Bruce Brooks, Each A Piece. HarperCollins. 1998.
Grassroots: Poems by Carl Sandburg, paintings by Wendell Minor.
Browndeer/Harcourt. 1998.
Walter Dean Myers, Harlem: A Poem. Scholastic. 1997.
And for good advice, see
Lee Bennett Hopkins. Pass the Poetry, Please! Third Edition.
HarperCollins. 1998.
I use a book, Hailstones and Halibut Bones. I don't remember the author. It
has poems about colors. The book is great for having the students do their
own poems about a color. I have them back the poems on construction
paper(the color mentioned in the poem). I also have them draw or cut out
from magazines things that are their color...like red...apples...ruby ring,
etc.
Ferris, Helen. Favorite Poems: Old and New.
Doubleday, nd.
The illustrator is Leonard Weisgard. The blurb begins
"Over 700 classic and modern poems make this one of
the most comprehensive volumes available for
children."
There is a great website:poetry4kids.com.
I adore The Random House Book of Poetry for Kids, collected by Jack
Prelutsky. Poems are also indexed by subject.
Of course all of the Jack Prelutsky books, Shel Silverstein books, Never Take
a Pig to Lunch, Judith Viorst books, Small Poems by Worth, different animal
poetry books by Douglas Florian.
Sarah Katz
Library Media Specialist
Fox Lane High School
Bedford, New York 10506
skatz@bedford.k12.ny.us
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