juvenile poetry

Looks at a butterfly's life cycle through poetry and facts.

Presents a variety of birds found in North America through poetry and facts.

"Takes the words of Psalm 121 and...transforms them into a series of "golden shovel" poems about friendship, compassion, and faith"--Dust jacket.

Cats sleep on tables, chairs, and sofas, as well as in closets and shoeboxes, all around the house.

"'Dream Variation,' one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book ... illustrated by Daniel Miyares. An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun"--.

"An oral history told from memory about a girl growing up with her family in Bernalillo, New Mexico. Written in the form of a poem, it combines family love with deep historic roots"--Back cover.

Alphabet rhymes present nutritional information about vegetables and then more rhymes are used to introduce fruits and their nutritional values.

An adaptation in mountain dialect of the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.

Lyrical text and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals that are born in the spring.