poetry

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What's for dinner?

quirky, squirmy poems from the animal world
2011
A collection of illustrated poems for children that explore the dietary preferences of animals, describing the menus of turkey vultures, archer fish, baby wasps, and more.

A dazzling display of dogs

concrete poems
2011
A collection of visual poems by American writer Betsy Franco, centered on the strange behaviors of dogs, including descriptions of obedience school, backyard escapes, and indiscriminate appetites.

One big rain

poems for rainy days
2010
An illustrated collection of poems by various authors that describes the different types of rainy days.

In the wild

2010
A woodcut-illustrated collection of poems that celebrates wild animals.

Messing around on the monkey bars

and other school poems for two voices
2009
A collection of nineteen poems for children about what happens on a normal school day.

The elders are watching

1993
The images of Northwest Indian artist Roy Henry Vickers pair with Native American poetry to provide an environmental story.

Sports and games in verse and rhyme

1975
A compilation of poems about kite flying, fishing, sledding, swimming, and other outdoor activities.

When the moon is full

2001
Poems describe the full moon during each month of the year. American Indian names for the moon and folklore are also included.

My people

2009
Sepia toned photographs by Charles R. Smith, Jr. accompany Langston Hughes' classic poem "My People" and celebrate the glory, beauty, and soul of the African-American community.

In the swim

poems and paintings
1997
A collection of humorous poems about such underwater creatures as the starfish, piranha, and clam.

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