juvenile poetry

Offers both new and old Mother Goose favorites and nursery rhymes with a northern flair.

In this narrative poem told in Cajun dialect, Pierre the alligator is left behind in the bayou after helping Santa pull his skiff on Christmas Eve.

A collection of poems that instruct people to be gentle to the environment and appreciate, not destroy, nature.

Four verses of the nineteenth-century poem, illustrated by the author's great-great-grandnephew.

A poet's evocation of animals and plants which live on the moon of his imagination.

A collection of poems expressing thanks and admiration for the world around us.

This poem counts up to ten different kinds of Caribbean fruit, including guavas, jackfruit, and Otaheiti apples.

A collection of original poems about a child's life in the Caribbean portraying the tropical hurricanes, lazy picnics by the sea, the classes under the trees, and much more.

Introduces some of the animals that live in the cold regions of the world in illustrations and brief poems by a variety of authors.

Poems, pictures, and explanatory text depict the landscape, climate, and special qualities of New England.