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January 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Poetry – Quick Resources List

Quick Resources Lists

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Here is Your Super Quick and Condensed poetry – quick resources list!

If you want more extensive background and explanations for the resources below, hop on over to these three comprehensive posts on poetry:

1 – 10 Enchanting Poetry Books for Young Kids

2 – 10 Captivating Poetry Books for Middle Schoolers

3 – 10 Exceptional Poetry Books for High Schoolers

Otherwise, here is your Poetry – Quick Resources List, complete with links to each recommended resource.

Poetry - Quick Resources List

Young Kids:

1. Bee-Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park

2. How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? by Varsha Bajaj

3. Fancy Nancy Poet Extraordinaire  by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser

4. Where the Sidewalk Ends  by Shel Silverstein

5. The New Kid on the Block  by Jack Prelutsky

6. Stand Back Said the Elephant, I’m Going to Sneeze!  by Patricia Thomas and Wallace Tripp

7. There are Rocks in My Socks Said the Ox to the Fox by Patricia Thomas and Mordical Gerstein

8. Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

9. The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh  by A.A. Milne

10. Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy

Middle Schoolers:

1. A Child’s Introduction to Poetry  by Michael Driscoll and Meredith Hamilton

2. Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson  by Frances Shoonmaker Bolin and Chi Chun

3. Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjorey Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes

4. Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose  by Naomi Shihab Nye

5. Hip Hop Speaks to Children  by Nikki Giovanni

6. Brown Girl Dreaming  by Jacquiline Woodson

7. Inside Out and Back Again  by Thanhha Lai

8. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir   by Margarita Engle

9. Imperfect: Poems About Mistakes: An Anthology for Middle Schoolers  by Tabatha Yeats

10. The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein

High Schoolers:

1. Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else  by Elise Paschen

2. Seeing the Blue Between by Paul B. Janeczo 

3. Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou

4. Voices in the Air by Naomi Shihab Nye

5. The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi and translators Coleman Barks and John Moyne

6. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

7. No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay and Sophia Janowitz

8. The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle

9. Laughing Out Loud, I Fly by Juan Felipe Herrera

10. A Light in the Attic  by Shel Silverstein

Do you have any favorite poetry books? How about a favorite poet? I’d love to know!

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