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Selected by noted anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins, this collection of all-new poems is written from the points of view of personality-filled punctu...

This collection of previously unpublished poems by masterful children’s book author Karla Kuskin will delight readers ages 4-8 who love animals and...

Ideal for fans of Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, this collection of hilarious poems is perfect for any young reader who likes to read — and l...

Jane Yolen and Jason Stemple join forces again in this new winning combination of poems and photos. Water possesses reflective qualities, creating ...

It's easy to make one,lying on your back in the newest snow.You move your arms like wings.Later you forget about your creation,go inside for a mug ...

This collection of twenty-two poems explores the fascinating lives of North American nocturnal animals.When the sun goes down, many animals come ou...

This clever collection of poems offers a word for each of the twenty–six letters— E for elevator, I for igloo, S for science—followed by a brief, p...

Poems and photographs take readers up close to observe the daily life of the extraordinary Great Egret. A Great Egret rarely rests. This majestic b...

This unsentimental and ambitious collection of poems by Donald Graves chronicles the American childhood of a boy as he moves with his family to a h...

Coretta Scott King Author Honor AwardThe stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, access...

Coretta Scott King Author Honor AwardThe stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, access...

Growing up in the 1950s, young Lee Bennett Hopkins faced the painful events of his parents' divorce, an unstable homelife, and a hand-to-mouth exis...

A Boston Globe Best Book of the YearKirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearFinalist, 2025 Washington State Book Award for Books for Young ReadersEvans...

A Jane Addams Children's Honor BookWritten by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford, this poetic tribute to the victi...

A Jane Addams Children's Honor BookWritten by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford, this poetic tribute to the victi...

This playful collection of poems--peppered with an astounding variety of animal sounds--is meant to be read aloud together.These poems for two or m...

This playful collection of poems--peppered with an astounding variety of animal sounds--is meant to be read aloud together.These poems for two or m...

In Bug Off! readers meet thirteen bugs in playful, humorous poems and startling, intimate photographs. Nonfiction prose paragraphs broaden the pers...

Here's Nikki Grimes's clever alphabet rhyme as a guide to a big city. From the ice-skating rink to the opera, C is for City is alive with activity....

Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful...

Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful...

This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice.Keet knows the only good thing about m...

This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice.Keet knows the only good thing about m...

What colors do you see in nature - the green of a fern, the brown of a desert, the gray of a lifeless tree? Look closer. You'll find more than meet...