
Forest Has a Song: Poems by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Thanks so much! Our Favorite Poetry Books for Kids to Read 10. Please share your favorite poetry books for kids. Nevertheless, we found this small pile.Īfter digging for poetry books, I realize that sometimes it’s nice to have a list served up to you. We pored over four bookcases of poetry books looking for people of color which is a little like searching for that proverbial needle. I’m no expert on the Dewey Decimal system but I’m not sure this is the best way to organize poetry books for kids.


It was eye-opening to realize the poetry books are NOT organized by topic. We asked the librarian where the poetry books were. I had no idea there was a HUGE section of poetry books for kids in the Non-Fiction section! (Strange topic, right? Her friend Devin has “rain” as a poetry topic).

The other week, PickyKidPix had to go to the library to research poems of oppression for her school poetry project. My kids are all doing poetry units at school. Poetry for April has permeated our house. National Poetry Month is forcing me to face my own fear of poetry to finally complete this list. I feel somewhat fraudulent posting on best poetry books for kids because I’m no expert. I think I’ve been “working” on it for more than a year.

Toc: In reverse - Cinderella's double life - The sleeping beauty and the wide-awake prince - Rapunzel's locks - In the hood - The doubtful duckling - Mirror mirror - Full of beans - Bears in the news - Have another chocolate - Do you know my name? - Disappointment - Longing for beauty - The road.Oh, how I’ve procrastinated this list. Tags: American poetry Characters and characteristics in literature Characters in literature Electronic books Poetry Children's poetry, American Juvenile works Characters and characteristics in literature - Juvenile poetry Characters in literature - Poetry In reverse - Cinderella's double life - The sleeping beauty and the wide-awake prince - Rapunzel's locks - In the hood - The doubtful duckling - Mirror mirror - Full of beans - Bears in the news - Have another chocolate - Do you know my name? - Disappointment - Longing for beauty - The road. A collection of short poems called reversos which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
