Poetry Literature

Poetry Writing Resources

Awakening the Heart : Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School
by Georgia Heard

Easy Poetry Lessons That Dazzle and Delight (Grades 3-6)
by Bernice Cullinan, David Harrison

Favorite Poetry Lessons (Grades 4-8)
by Paul B. Janeczko

For the Good of the Earth and Sun : Teaching Poetry
by Georgia Heard

How to Write Poetry (Scholastic Guides)
by Paul B. Janeczko

Introduction to Poetry
by Kennedy

Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman

Month-By-Month Poetry: March, April, May, June (Grades PreK-3)
by Marian Reiner (Compiler)

Patterns of Poetry : An Encyclopedia of Forms
by Miller Williams

Place My Words Are Looking for : What Poets Say About and Through Their Work
by Paul B. Janeczko

The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms
by Ron Padgett

Writing Funny Bone Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko

Poetry Anthologies

A Giraffe and A Half
by Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein

A Poke in the I : A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko

Arachne Speaks
by Kate Hovey

Carnival of the Animals
by Philip De Vos, et al

Come With Me : Poems for a Journey
by Naomi Shihab Nye

Cornflakes : Poems
by James Stevenson (Illustrator)

Days Like This : A Collection of Small Poems
by Simon James (Editor)

Dutch Sneakers and Flea Keepers: 14 More Stories
by Calef Brown (Illustrator)

Falling Up
by Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein

Hailstones and Halibut Bones : Adventures in Color
by Mary O'Neill

It's Raining Pigs and Noodles : Poems
by Jack Prelutsky

Just Around the Corner : Poems
by James Stevenson

Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs : Poems and Paintings
by Douglas Florian

Mammalabilia : Poems and Paintings
by Douglas Florian

The Mermaid's Purse
by Ted Hughes

The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
by Shel Silverstein

More Spice Than Sugar : Poems About Feisty Females
by Lillian Morrison (Compiler)

Ook the Book
by Lissa Rovetch

The Pig in the Spigot (Ages 6 and older)

The Piggy in the Puddle
by Charlotte Pomerantz

Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote (Ages 7 and older)
by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Istvan Banyai

Polkabats and Octopus Slacks : 14 Stories
by Calef Brown (Illustrator)

Short Takes : Fast Break Poetry
by Charles R. Smith, et al

The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
by Jack Prelutsky

There's a Zoo in Room 22
by Judy Sierra, Barney Saltzberg (Illustrator)

Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny
by Bill Grossman, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)

Waiting for Wings
by Lois Ehlert

Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends (book & CD set)
by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends : The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
by Shel Silverstein