Poetry Essentials: Selected Books for Children and Teens
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Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
39 Resources13 Awards

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
34 Resources7 Awards


Under the Mesquite
30 Resources8 Awards

We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
29 Resources1 Awards




Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, and Polly Dunbar
24 Resources3 Awards


Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
21 Resources4 Awards

A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
21 Resources6 Awards




Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
by G. Brian Karas, Jane Yolen, and Andrew Fusek Peters
19 Resources1 Awards






Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
14 Resources7 Awards



A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
13 Resources1 Awards

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
13 Resources6 Awards


Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs
12 Resources1 Awards


What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
12 Resources2 Awards





The Cuckoo's Haiku: And Other Birding Poems
by Michael J. Rosen and Stan Fellows
11 Resources1 Awards

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
by Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood
11 Resources3 Awards