poetry

Contains thirty-three strategies for using poetry in the elementary school classroom with each section providing a description of the strategy, vignettes telling how the strategy has worked, a list of more ways the strategy can be adapted, and examples of student work.

Introduces the different kinds of poetry and the mechanics of writing poetry, providing an opportunity for the reader to experience the joy of making a poem.

A collection of twenty poems which celebrate Valentine's Day.

A collection of poems expressing thanksgiving from a variety of sources including American Indian and the Bible.

A collection of short whimsical poems by such authors as Lucille Clifton, John Ciardi, Russell Hoban, and Sylvia Plath.

Old favorites and original works by Marshall make up this collection of humorous rhymes, limericks, and poems.

Fairy tale characters express their opinions in poem.

A collection of poems featuring civil rights leaders.

"Read about Phillis Wheatley, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, Jay Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove"--Provided by publisher.

Contains poems about birds, complemented by color photographs.