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[Grades 5-6] Poems for Children
April 28th is National Great Poetry Reading Day. This day celebrates distinguished poetry and the notable poets who wrote them. As an art form, poetry may predate literacy.Children are natural poets. Read and enjoy the beauty of poetry!-
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Elise Paschen, Dominique Raccah, Wendy Rasmussen, Judy Love, Paula Zinngrabe Wendland, Nikki Giovanni, X.J. Kennedy, Billy Collins
Poetry Speaks to Children
Hardcover (Sourcebooks MediaFusion Oct. 18, 2005) -
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Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson
A Pizza the Size of the Sun
Paperback (Greenwillow Books Feb. 26, 2013) -
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Jack Prelutsky, Arnold Lobel
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers Sept. 12, 1983) -
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Julie Fogliano, Julie Morstad
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press March 1, 2016) -
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Marilyn Singer, Kristi Valiant
Feel the Beat: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to Swing
Hardcover (Dial Books March 7, 2017) -
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lee Bennett Hopkins
World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from The Metropolitan Museum
Hardcover (Harry N. Abrams March 27, 2018) -
T. S. Eliot, Edward Gorey
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Hardcover (Harcourt, Brace & Co. Aug. 30, 1982) -
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X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Karen Lee Baker
Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Sept. 1, 1999) -
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Bob Raczka, Nancy Doniger
Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word
Paperback (Square Fish March 19, 2013) -
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Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, Ekua Holmes
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Hardcover (Candlewick March 14, 2017) -
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Tasha Tudor
A Child's Garden of Verses
Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Feb. 1, 1999) -
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J. Patrick Lewis
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
Hardcover (National Geographic Children's Books Sept. 11, 2012) -
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Paul B. Janeczko, Melissa Sweet
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
Paperback (Candlewick March 20, 2018) -
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Ed. Janeczko, Paul B., Christopher Raschka
A Kick In The Head
Library Binding (Turtleback March 10, 2009) -
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Jack Prelutsky, Meilo So
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers Sept. 28, 1999) -
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Nikki Giovanni, Alicia Vergel de Dios, Damian Ward, Kristen Balouch, Jeremy Tugeau, Michele Noiset
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat
Hardcover (Sourcebooks Explore Oct. 1, 2008) -
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A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard
Now We Are Six
Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers Oct. 31, 1988) -
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Margarita Engle, Rafael López
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics
Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) March 14, 2017) -
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A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard
When We Were Very Young
Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers Oct. 31, 1988) -
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Marilyn Singer, Josée Masse
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers March 4, 2010) -
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Chris Harris, Lane Smith
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups
Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Sept. 26, 2017) -
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Joyce Sidman, Rick Allen
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers Sept. 6, 2010)
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