Category Archives: Poetry
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Snow, Snow by Jane Yolen
Posted on February 27, 2013 by Brian in Picture Books, PoetryWith all of the recent winter weather, why not read a book of poems about snow? This picture book features wonderful photographs by Jason Stemple and clever poems by Jane Yolen. Poems include such topics as footprints in the snow, snow on the trees, and snow in the mountains? Recommended by Brian
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Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It By Gail Carson Levine
Posted on September 11, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, PoetryHave you ever said “I’m sorry,” but didn’t really mean it? This could be a great book for you! It is full of apologies that didn’t come out quite right. You’ll read apologies from grandma in the Little Red Riding Hood story, and one from the witch trying to trick Hansel and Gretel. These poems [...]
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Every Thing On It
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jennifer in Humorous Stories, Poetry>Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein Beloved children’s poet Shel Silverstein passed away in 1999, but this new poetry book just came out in September. It includes many wonderful poems and drawings Silverstein did before he died, compiled by his family and friends and publisher. Thank goodness the world did not miss out on these [...]
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GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
Posted on May 9, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Nonfiction, Poetryby Bob Raczka, Illustrations by Peter H. Reynolds This fun book will take you through the seasons of the year through the eyes of a boy. Better yet, it will do it through Haiku (a poem that begins and ends with a line of 5 syllables and has one line of 7 in between)! Distracted and in [...]
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The Dancing Pancake
Posted on October 21, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Inspirational, Poetry, social issuesMeet Bindi Winkler. She is trying to survive her parents seperation, moving into a small apartment above her mother and aunts new restraunt, The Dancing Pancake, and avoiding her father at all costs…since afterall, this is all his fault. Right? This book, by children’s author Eileen Spinieli, is told through a series of prose-like poems. [...]
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Ubiquitous
Posted on August 7, 2010 by Victoria in animals, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Poetryby Joyce Sidman, illustrations by Beckie Prange Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange collaborated on Song of the Water Boatman: and Other Pond Poems in 2005, and won a Caldecott Honor Award. Ubiquitous has an even more ingenious premise. It investigates the ultimate survivors in nature, the species that have flourished for millions of years. Through [...]
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My Hippo Has the Hiccups
Posted on July 13, 2010 by Victoria in Humorous Stories, PoetryMy Hippo Has the Hiccups and Other Poems I Totally Made Up by Kenn Nesbitt, illustrated by Ethan Long Two gifted creative minds paired up to produce this outstandingly silly volume of poetry for kids. Ethan Long’s illustrations are the perfect complement for Kenn Nesbitt’s funny poems. In fact, they almost steal the show! Nesbitt [...]
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Ounce, Dice, Trice
Posted on March 14, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Nonfiction, Poetryby Alastair Reid Do you like words – especially strange, silly, or nonsense words? You’ll like this book full of magnificent words. Words that just sound funny when you say them out loud, like “hobnob” or “oaf.” Or did you know how to spell the sound of a yawn? It’s “Harrowollowarrah.” Practice reading words backwards [...]
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Awful Ogre’s Awful Day
Posted on February 1, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Fantasy, Humorous Stories, Picture Books, Poetryby Jack Prelutsky Awful Ogre is making an awful mess of things…and loving every minute of it! This large, one-eyed creature tells us all about his day in a series of poems. My favorite poem is his terrible dream: the sun is shining, birds are singing, and he is frolicking through the flowers. He wakes [...]
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Orangutan Tongs
Posted on October 2, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Poetryby Jon Agee Test your tongue-twister skills with this humorous, illustrated poetry book by Jon Agee. Some are longer and harder to say than your typical “she sells sea shells by the sea shore,” but many are easy too. Agee was inspired by classic English-language tongue twisters and made new ones about things like purple-paper [...]
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