children's poetry

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children's poetry

You come too

favorite poems for young readers
1959
A collection of Frost's poems to be read to and by young people.

Talking to the sun

an illustrated anthology of poems for young people
1985
Poems from various time periods and many countries are organized by theme and illustrated with reproductions of art works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The book that Jack wrote

1994
A madcap variation of the cumulative nursery rhyme, this time beginning when Jack writes a book.

Pat-a-cake and other play rhymes

1992
A collection of nursery rhymes and action rhymes, in such categories as finger and hand rhymes, tickling rhymes, and knee-and-foot-riding rhymes.

If there were dreams to sell

1984
Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by an illustration and appropriate poem or a phrase from a poem.

The llama who had no pajama

100 favorite poems
1998
An illustrated collection of poems about all sorts of subjects, including "Wishes," "Ducks," "When I Need a Real Baby," and "Growing.".

Cornflakes

poems
2000
A collection of short poems with such titles as "I Can't Move Mountains," "Junkyard," and "Greenhouse in March.".

Candy corn

poems
1999
A collection of short poems with titles such as "The Morning After Halloween," "Dumpsters," and "What Frogs Say To Each Other.".

Animal, vegetable, mineral

poems about small things
1994
A collection of poems about some things that usually go unnoticed, but are worth looking for, by such authors as Arnold Adoff, Karla Kuskin, John Ciardi, and Charlotte Zolotow.

Silly stories to tickle your funny bone

2000
Collection of silly stories by James Marshall, Dav Pilkey, Cynthia Rylant, and others.

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