Poetry - Kids

This Deluxe Edition of The Dark Gnu and Other Poems by Wendy Videlock, in addition to the hardcover and dustjacket, uses premium glossy stock and special ink, resulting in vibrant color images and print, and overall luxurious feel. The difference is clearly noticeable when...

In this Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, Children's Literature Legacy Award-winner Nikki Grimes explores though her celebrated poetry how a supportive teacher can be the key to unlocking a dreamer's imaginative power through creative writing. Gabby's world is filled with daydreams. However, what...

Learn more about different cheers and chants that cheerleaders use to promote team spirit. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.Author: Marcia Amidon LustedISBN-10: 1624039863ISBN-13: 9781624039867Publisher: SportszoneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2016Pages: 32Format: Library...

An anthology of universal poems focusing on the human experience--emotions, perceptions, and understandings--as expressed by poets of diverse heritage and reflected in illustrations featuring people of all ages and backgrounds.Amazing, your face. Amazing. Whatever we feel-whether happy or sad, excited or wishful, proud or...

A picture book that connects great works of architecture to the ways children build and play.Cupon cups tacking up, smaller, smaller, and growing taller! Children building-Concrete poetry- Pair them with notable structures from around the world and see children's constructions taken to the level...

Told with honesty and good humor, this moving picture book recounts beloved author Michael Rosen's recovery from Covid. One day, three people came to my bedsideand said: "Today we are going to get you up." After being admitted to the hospital in 2020 for...

Each title introduces readers to quatrain poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own quatrain poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...

Each title introduces readers to limerick poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own limerick poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...

Each title introduces readers to haiku poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own haiku poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...

Each title introduces readers to free verse poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own free verse poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards...

Each title introduces readers to cinquain poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own cinquain poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...

This title introduces readers to acrostic poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own acrostic poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...

DEVELOPMENT: Voices of the People Trade Book (Hardcover)Author: Joseph BruchacISBN-10: 147887516XISBN-13: 9781478875161Publisher: Reycraft BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2023Pages: 96Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.62lbsSize: 12.28h x 10.56w x 0.72dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2022School Library Journal 10/28/2022 pg. 1Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2023 pg. 87Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Outstanding,...

Mindful haiku poems to help us rediscover our natural surroundings, without traveling too far from home. Some flowers are the subject of nursery rhymes and childhood games while others help us celebrate love, remember our homelands or mark the passing seasons. These mindful haiku...

An exciting debut collection full of magic, adventure, humor and empathy. Poetry transports you Over land and air and sea Find your poetry door today You already have the key Ride a silver-maned unicorn, make a witches' brew, head to Star City and become...

Winner of the CLPE Award for Children's Poetry 2020. This dazzling poetry collection bubbles with excitement and creativity, capturing the sheer joy of the natural world. Discover parades of beast-doodles, preposterous penguins, talking blossoms, playful birds, humble fleas and a host of other exotic...

This utterly unique book for kids 4 to 8 explores super-small creatures with astounding abilities through rhyming and comic-style spreads.Did you know that some of the smallest creatures on Earth have real-life superpowers?The minute oribatid mite can lift more than 1,000 times its own...

Step outside. Let's find designs-- / branching, cracking, spirals, lines. / Search the earth, the seas, the air. / Patterns, patterns everywhere. Look around and discover patterns in the natural world! You might see them in leaf veins, in coral reefs, in sand dunes,...

Some animal features are easy to see--long tails, large wings, patterned fur, or sharp beaks. But look closer--you might be surprised by what you find! A penguin's sharp beak hides a textured tongue that helps it grip fish. A red-eyed tree frog has a...

What is the tallest living thing? It's not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It's a tree! Trees are the tallest living things on Earth. But how do they grow to be so tall? Science writer Rebecca E. Hirsch presents...

Celebrate family love with this heartwarming and soulful bedtime book perfect for toddlers 1-3!Shoo-be-do-wop along with your little one as you introduce them to the legendary music of the Motown era. Heartfelt text and whimsical illustrations will touch the hearts of sentimental parents and...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight. This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don...

A poetic introduction to a distinctive island ecosystem that is home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. Using the same poetry/science note format as Serengeti, Gal疳agos tells the complex story of a young volcanic ecosystem influenced by seasonal ocean currents, where food...

Line up for this fascinating exploration of animal behavior from an award-winning author-illustrator! Much like humans, many animals line up for a variety of reasons. Rather than forming lines for the school bus or recess, the animals featured in Susan Stockdale's book form lines...

Lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations plunge readers into an undersea exploration of the mysterious, accomplished octopus and its astonishing abilities. Behold the octopus! This remarkable animal hides beneath the seas, so you may not realize that it is one of the most incredible, talented...

For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse with "stellar writing [and] perfect pacing" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) chronicles a young girl and her family who must start over after losing...

In this delightful book, readers will learn how to write poems in a five-line poetic form called a cinquain. Examples help show budding poets how to condense text while using natural sentence structure in writing their own cinquains. Easy-to-understand text encourages concrete language, highlights...

Poet William Stafford wrote, "A poem is not the end, but the beginning, of an excursion." This collection, highlighting American poets born after the beginning of the twentieth century, helps young readers get started on their excursion into understanding poetry. The book includes brief...

This collection introduces readers to eleven British poets born between 1806 and 1914, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Alfred Tennyson, W. B. Yeats, W. H. Auden, and Dylan Thomas. Includes biographical information, historical background, poetry analysis, and several poems by each writer. Helps readers...

This collection surveys British poetry from the early eighth through the middle of the nineteenth century, including fourteen poets. The anonymous Anglo-Saxons, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray,...

"Children will get the feel of the city and its delights from both the word pictures and the substantial artwork." -- Booklist Seventeen poems by Lilian Moore speak to the joys and everyday wonders of city living, including the hush of a snowy morning,...

Abhipray is a collection 16 poems that discuss various shades of life.... All the words written in the book are pure like a 24 carat gold.... Free from any biasness or cheating ........ IT INTRODUCES YOU THE FEELINGS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION ABOUT THE...

Deafness is Deaf-initely not seen as a disability by many Deaf people! Writing Deaf with a capital "D" means someone is proud to be Deaf! It also means being part of a vibrant community with a beautiful language and culture. Sam is Deaf with...

When I Was Little is a playful, joyous and mindful collection of poems by Antonia May Vandenberg Dunshie, 20th century self taught poet, that was commissioned by her surviving female descendants. As an observant child, Antonia began penning this collection of poems based on...

A funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it--and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after...

Every little girl should always know that they are the prettiest, smartest, most amazing girl in the world, and this book is your new reminder! The beauty that lies in every young girl is more than what is on the outside and more than...

Every little girl should always know that they are the prettiest, smartest, most amazing girl in the world, and this book is your new reminder! The beauty that lies in every young girl is more than what is on the outside and more than...

" I Like Football" is a children's book that rhymes and is fun to read. Ideal for children who like sports or who are currently playing sports. Interactive bonus pages included.Author: James ColinaISBN-10: 8727997529ISBN-13: 9798727997529Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2021Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.50h x...

Poems and prompts for writing during Christmas season. It is simply better.A gathering of warm and classical poetry mingled with notebook pages to writeand check off your lists or jot down your own ideas on poetry.A exquisite gift which will bring a smile to...

My dog likes to discoon TikTok for fun.He'd rather start dancingthan go for a run...Former Children's Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt, possibly the funniest poet ever to wield a pen, is back with more of the impossible poems, outrageous rhymes, and absurd wordplay that kids...

Haiku poetic form is a Japanese tradition that include three lines.The first line include five syllables, seven in the second, and five in the third. In this book you will experience culture and the rich experiences of people in South Africa and Eswanti through...

Explore the life cycle of a thunderstorm in this informative and engaging picture book. Morning's calm. Outside is still. A blue-forever day until . . . The real beginning of a thunderstorm happens long before the first raindrop falls. No rain yet. It's just...

The Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator of Hoop Kings celebrates the skill and talent of top female soccer professionals--and pays homage to the legendary US World Cup team of 1999. Soccer, f偀bol, call it what you will--the sport commands worldwide attention, and Charles R....

In a unique melding of science and poetry, a collection of haiku extols the wonder of trees--and explores the vital roles they play on our living planet. perched on a branch, the crow's nest amid green sailsa place for daydreams From the giant tree...

What is home? Revel in the ineffable sense of belonging in anthologist Paul B. Janeczko's diverse selection of poems with sure appeal for children. Home is shoes tucked under the bed while you sleep, or fancy-dancying at the neighborhood block party. It's buttermilk biscuits...

Grandpa told Mom, and Mom told me: The secret of a plant lives in every little seed. Seeds are truly amazing! Did you know that every seed, no matter how small (microscopic) or large (weighing up to 14 pounds), contains everything it needs to...

"Our leaves rustle, Our roots whisper. If you were a tree, what would you whisper to me?" Mandy Ross has been listening closely to the trees, from the willow to the eucalyptus, and the sycamore to the oak. These fascinating poems, beautifully illustrated by...

"Our leaves rustle, Our roots whisper. If you were a tree, what would you whisper to me?" Mandy Ross has been listening closely to the trees, from the willow to the eucalyptus, and the sycamore to the oak. These fascinating poems, beautifully illustrated by...

I KNOW That Bird helps children learn to identify birds they see every day - in their yards, in the park, or wherever they might see birds. Illustrated with charming photos by this award-winning photographer, the short rhyming verses about each bird capture a...

The New York Public Library Best Books for Kids List (2023) A lyrical, spectacular history of the ocean--from its dramatic evolutionary past to its marvelously biodiverse present. "For millions of years these first bits of life Became more, and then more, and then more."...