children's poetry, american

Poems by Nathaniel, a spirited nine-year-old poet who raps and rhymes about what it's like to be nine, his education, and his family life. Includes instructions for children on how to create a twelve-bar blues poem.

A dozen poems about familiar early childhood experiences.

A traditional nursery rhyme is expanded to include a tuba-playing cat, a singing rug, a flying whale, and a horse who eats pickles.

A collection of short illustrated poems about various things that the imaginative reader might fear or worry about, including a mummy, a pirate, and giant ants.

This poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full of leaves.

Presents twelve poems about Thanksgiving, including "When Daddy carves the Turkey," "I Ate Too Much," "Daddy's Football Game," and "If Turkeys Thought.".

A collection of poems concerning Christmas.

Secrets of the dark are revealed in this poem describing a farm at midnight.

A collection of fourteen poems about the beet, potato, radish, onion, and other plants found in the garden.

A collection of poems by American poet and humorist, Shel Silverstein including the poems My nose garden, Little Hoarse, Strange Restaurant, Sharing, Noise Day, and many more.