momto2Cs Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 What are your favorite poetry collections? My children enjoy poetry and have been memorizing simpler poems, so I am looking for a good book (or several) to use for the poetry/memory work part of homeschooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca in TN Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 My dd and I love poetry. When she was younger she especially enjoyed these books: Poem Stew by Cole and Weinhaus, The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks by Ciardi and Meddaugh and Favorite Poems Old and New edited by Ferris. I guarantee that your children will find many poems in these books that they enjoy reading and memorizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kortney in AL Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 My dd and I love poetry. When she was younger she especially enjoyed these books: Poem Stew by Cole and Weinhaus, The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks by Ciardi and Meddaugh and Favorite Poems Old and New edited by Ferris. I guarantee that your children will find many poems in these books that they enjoy reading and memorizing. We loved these books also. Two more of our favorites are A Zooful of Animals and An Arkful of Animals, both by William Cole. I don't know how old your children are, but my 16 year old daughter still loves The Random House Book of Poetry for Children. We also have A Treasury of Poetry for Young People which is a nice selection of American poets like Frost and Sandburg. You'll find more serious poems in this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Moon Have You Met My Mother, a collection of Karla Kuskin's children' s poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 "A child's Garden of Verses" - poems by Robert Louis Stevenson The Childcraft poetry volume Poems by A.A. Milne The Book of Virtues has some nice poems in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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