children's poetry, american

Contents: Being a kid.--Parents.--Brothers and sisters.--Friends.--School days.--Disasters.--Monsters.--Strange stories.--Advice.

Presents a collection of children's poetry by author, cartoonist, playwright, and poet Shel Silverstein that uses spoonerisms in place of traditional poetic form.

A collection of short poems with such titles as "Popcorn," "Driftwood," and "My new bird book.".

A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.

Text and accompanying photographs present a collection of American poetry that celebrates over 200 years of American life and history as illustrated by fine art from the collection of the National Museum of American Art.

An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.

A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.

More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.

A collection of poems written by a number of sixth-grade students who write poems of apology to someone, and a collection of responses in poetry form.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet with a verse for each letter accompanied by illustrations of appropriate people, objects, and animals shown inside a shadowbox.