Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1998 -- honors the best poetry book of the year
Sponsored by Bank Street College of Education Center for Children's Literature
- 608 Resources including
- 58 Videos
- 23 Book Readings
- 55 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys
by Bob Raczka and Peter H. Reynolds
(Winner, 2011)
27 Resources4 Awards
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Winner, 2018)
27 Resources11 Awards
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, and Polly Dunbar
(Winner, 2008)
24 Resources3 Awards
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
(Winner, 2006)
22 Resources6 Awards
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Winner, 2010)
22 Resources6 Awards
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
(Winner, 2015)
21 Resources10 Awards
Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
(Winner, 2013)
18 Resources4 Awards
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
(Winner, 2017)
16 Resources8 Awards
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
by Allan Wolf
(Winner, 2012)
15 Resources4 Awards
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
by Kristine O'Connell George and Nancy Carpenter
(Winner, 2012)
14 Resources5 Awards
What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Winner, 2014)
14 Resources3 Awards
You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves
(Winner, 2022)
13 Resources2 Awards
Yesterday I Had the Blues
by Jeron Ashford Frame and R. Gregory Christie
(Honor, 2004)
12 Resources3 Awards
Little Dog and Duncan
by Kristine O'Connell George and June Otani
(Winner, 2003)
11 Resources2 Awards
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
by Sonya Sones
(Winner, 2000)
10 Resources3 Awards
The Invisible Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers
(Winner, 1998)
8 Resources2 Awards
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
by Catherine Clinton and Stephen Alcorn
(Winner, 1999)
7 Resources1 Awards
