Poems to Learn by Heart
Text by Caroline Kennedy with poems by many authors, many of which are well-known; paintings by Jon J. Muth, published by Disney Hyperion, c. 2013 Synopsis: This book is a … Continue reading
A Child’s Garden of Verses
Bibliographic Information: A Child’s Garden of Verses. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Barbara McClintock. HarperCollins Publishers. c. 2011, 80pp. Reading Level: NP Synopsis: This text is a collection of 64 poems … Continue reading
Bug Off! – Creepy, Crawly Poems – Poetry
Bibliographic Information: Yolen, J. (2012). Bug off! – creepy, crawly poems. Honesdale, PA: Word Song. Lexile Measure: 940L Synopsis: Readers meet 13 bugs in colorful, humorous poems. The bug photographs … Continue reading
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Wardlaw, Lee, and Eugene Yelchin. Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku. New York: Henry Holt, 2011. Genre: poetry Reading Level: AD840L Summary: This is a wonderful book told completely in … Continue reading
Pug and Other Animal Poems
Bibliographic Information: Worth, Valerie(2013). Pug and Other Animal Poems. New York, NY: Margaret Ferguson Books. Reading Level: 3rd grade Synopsis: This book is a collection of animal poems. The illustrator … Continue reading
Won Ton
Bibliography: Written by Lee Wardlaw and Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York, 2011, 40 pgs. Reading Level: DRA Level P (3rd grade); Lexile Level is … Continue reading
Dear Hot Dog
Bibliographic Information: Dear Hot Dog. Written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein. Abrams Books for Young Readers c. 2011, 40pp. Reading Level: 850L Synopsis: This book is comprised of poems about … Continue reading
I Am the Book
Bibliographic Information: Written by: Lee Bennett Hopkins, Illustrated by: Yayo, Published by: Holiday House, 2011, 32pp. Reading Level: AD 690 L (Adult Directed) Synopsis: This is a wonderful collection of … Continue reading
Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Bibliographic Information: Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poem. Written by Marilyn Singer. Illustrated by Josée Masse. Published by Dutton Children’s Books, New York c. 2010 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Synopsis: In this often funny … Continue reading
Looking Like Me
Looking Like Me. Written by Walter Dean Myers, Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Published by Egmont, c. 2009. Reading Level: 436L Synopsis: Walter Dean Myers uses poetry about all kinds of … Continue reading
unBEElievables
Bibliography: Written and Illustrated by Douglas Florian, Beach Lane Books, New York, 2012, 28 pgs. Reading Level: K-3 (no Lexile Level found) Synopsis: On each page, there is a short rhyming … Continue reading
Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems
Bibliographic Information: Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems. Written by Stephen R. Swinburne and illustrated by Mary Peterson. Charlesbridge. c., 2010. Reading Level: Ages 6-9 Synopsis: These poems introduce the reader to … Continue reading
Bats at the Ballgame
Bats at the Ballgame. Written and Illustrated by Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing c. 2010, 32pp. Synopsis: This book is a compilation of stanzas with a variety of rhyming … Continue reading
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