PIE! Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We need to build our poetry library. What are you favorite books of poems for children? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children compiled by Caroline Kennedy. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-family-of-poems-caroline-kennedy/1012533544?ean=9780786851119 When my daughter was younger we would read from this book almost every morning. The poems are wonderful and the illustrations by Jon Muth are charming and beautiful. She still remembers many of the poems by heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 For your youngest in your sig or your 9yo ... varies depending on age. In general, I do like the "Poetry for Young People" series. Target age depends on the poet for the most part. Toddler and up in our house seem to like Eric Carle's Animals Animals. A decent one is 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury. A Child's Introduction to Poetry is good because it comes with a CD for those moms who don't enjoy poetry as much (i.e. me ... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlymom Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We are using A Child's Book of Poems, as recommended in the Memoria Press curriculum. It has a wonderful selection from great poets and sweet pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGHEALTHYMOM Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 A Child's Introduction to Poetry by Michael Driscoll A Child's Anthology of Poetry Edited by Elizabeth Sword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Favorite Poems Old and New for a collection of many children's poems A.A. Milne's Now we are Six and When We Were Very a young Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's a Garden of Verses A Child's Book of Poems arranged by Gyo Fujikawa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfullyNoisy Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My children read a lot of poetry on their own, and their favorite books seem to be Talking Like the Rain (compilation) A Poke in the I (concrete poems) If Not For the Cat (haiku) And any Shel Silverstein books. There are some nicely illustrated Emily Dickinson poetry books for young people too. I do love those. There are so many wonderful poetry books out there. I'm sure you'll find some wonderful options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My kids also like Cds of poetry being read. We have Poetry Speaks to Children (book with a cd), the IEW recordings (We enjoy Andrew Pudewa, though some people don't.) and Favourite Poems for Children by Naxos. We get others from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Just for fun -- i.e., not classic / traditional poems, but greatly enjoyed by our DSs: - Antarctica Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems (Sierra) - The Dragons Are Singing Tonight (Prelutsky) - Opposites (Wilbur) - A Poke in the I (Janeczko) - Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll -- Carroll's out-of-the-box poetry topics and "nonce" words a big favorite here - Poetry Speaks to Children (ed.: Paschen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderbee Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Hailstones and Halibut Bones Dark Emperor beast feast Eric Carle's Animals Animals For Laughing Out Loud Science Verses The Seashell Anthology Childcraft's book of Poems and Nursery Rhymes (there are probably better illustrated books but I like the international mix of children's poetry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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