All by Herself
Ann Whitford Paul
Illustrated by Michael Seirnagle
ISBN 0-15-201477-2 hardcover $17.00
Browndeer/Harcourt Brace
Compelling verse and bold paintings celebrate young women who performed brave deeds.
Behind the Wheel: Poems About Driving
Janet S. Wong
ISBN 0-689-82531-5 hardcover $15.00
Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster
This collection rides as smooth as a Porsche.
Bird Watch
Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Ted Lewin
ISBN 0-698-11776-X paperback $6.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
Evocations of bird species bring nature and poetry lovers together.
A Book of Flies: Real or Otherwise
Richard Michelson
Illustrated by Leonard Baskin
ISBN 0-7614-5050-5 hardcover $18.95
Cavendish
A witty collection of poetry for all ages.
The Bookworm's Feast: A Potluck of Poems
J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by John O'Brien
ISBN 0-8037-1692-3 hardcover $15.99
Dial/Penguin Putnam
A delectable feast of richly riotous rhymes.
Candy Corn
Written and illustrated by James Stevenson
ISBN 0-688-15837-4 hardcover $15.00
Greenwillow/HarperCollins
The trademark blend of insights and art.
Eric Carle's Animals, Animals
Compiled by Laura Whipple
Illustrated by Eric Carle
ISBN 0-698-11855-3 paperback $7.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
A dynamic anthology of animal poems.
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
Edited by Nora Panzer
Illustrated with full-color reproductions from
the National Museum of American Art
ISBN 0-7868-1360-1 paperback $12.99
Hyperion
A rich multicultural collection illustrated with paintings, sculpture, and photographs.
A Child's Book of Blessings
Compiled by Sabrina Dearborn
Illustrated by Olwyn Whelan
ISBN 1-84148-010-X hardcover $16.95
Barefoot
This exquisite collection offers a way to
bring a sense of the sacred into life.
A Child's Calendar
John Updike
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
ISBN 0-8234-1445-0 hardcover $16.95
Holiday House
Poems for all twelve months of the year.
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Tasha Tudor
ISBN 0-689-82382-7 hardcover $18.00
Simon & Schuster
A celebration of children.
A Child's Treasury of Irish Rhymes
Compiled by Alice Taylor
Illustrated by Nicola Emoe
ISBN 1-902283-18-X hardcover $15.95
Barefoot
A charming collection of old and new rhymes.
Could We Be Friends?: Poems for Pals
Bobbi Katz
ISBN 1-57255-230-1 hardcover $14.95
Mondo
Funny and poignant poems reflect children's everyday experiences.
The Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes
Illustrated by Lucy Cousins
ISBN 0-525-46133-7 hardcover $16.99
Dutton/Penguin Putnam
ISBN 0-14-056495-0 paperback $5.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
A favorite collection filled with magic.
Curious Cat: In Art and Poetry for Children
Illustrated with full-color art from
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 0-689-83055-6 hardcover $16.00
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
A purrr-fect gift for cat, poetry, and art lovers!
Discovery
Joseph Brodsky
Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky
ISBN 0-374-31793-3 hardcover $16.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A never-before-published children's poem about the first discoverers of America.
Each Peach Pear Plum
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
ISBN 0-670-885278-X board $6.99
Viking/Penguin Putnam
A children's classic now in a board book.
Elympics
X. J. Kennedy
Illustrated by Graham Percy
ISBN 0-399-23249-4 hardcover $15.99
Philomel/Penguin Putnam
Fast-paced poems for the Summer 2000 games.
The Fairies' Ring: A Book of Fairy Stories and Poems
Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Stephen Mackey
ISBN 0-525-46045-4 hardcover $24.99
Dutton/Penguin Putnam
A lavishly-illustrated book of selections from varied cultures.
Fishing for a Dream: Ocean Lullabies and Night Verses
Written and illustrated by Kate Kiesler
ISBN 0-395-94149-0 hardcover $16.00
Clarion
An international selection of bedtime poems, illustrated with breathtaking oil paintings.
Flicker Flash
Joan Bransfield Graham
Illustrated by Nancy Davis
ISBN 0-395-90501-X hardcover $15.00
Houghton Mifflin
An exploration of light's place in the world.
Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems
Mel Glenn
ISBN 0-688-16472-2 hardcover $16.00
Morrow Junior/HarperCollins
A highly charged mystery told in poetry.
The Gargoyle on the Roof
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Peter Sís
ISBN 0-688-09643-3 hardcover $16.00
Greenwillow/HarperCollins
Spooky gargoyles, griffins, and gremlins!
Halloween Hoots and Howls
Written and illustrated by Joan Horton
ISBN 0-8050-5805-2 hardcover $15.95
Holt
Silly, spooky poems and whimsical illustrations capture the spirit of Halloween.
Hippety-Hop Hippety-Hay: Growing with Rhymes from Birth to Age Three
Opal Dunn
ISBN 0-8050-6081-2 hardcover $16.95
Holt
Carefully selected rhymes encourage language development in children.
Here Comes Mother Goose
Edited by Iona Opie
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
ISBN 0-7636-0683-9 hardcover $21.99
Candlewick
Everything a child needs to know. Spread the word-here comes Mother Goose.
Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury of Love Poems
Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Melodye Benson Rosales
ISBN 0-688-15667-3 hardcover $14.95
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/HarperCollins
A collection celebrating the different faces of love within the African American community.
I Am the Cat
Alice Schertle
Illustrated by Mark Buehner
ISBN 0-688-13153-0 hardcover $16.00
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/HarperCollins
This magnificent creature in all her glory.
Isn't My Name Magical?: Sister and Brother Poems
James Berry
Illustrated by Shelly Hehenberger
ISBN 0-689-80013-4 hardcover $16.00
Simon & Schuster
Energetic poems about family, friends, and playtime.
It's About Time
Florence Parry Heide et al.
Illustrated by Cathryn Falwell
ISBN 0-395-86612-X hardcover $15.00
Clarion
Playful poems about the nature of time.
Jewels: Children's Play Rhymes
Shelley Harwayne
ISBN 1-57255-028-7 hardcover $13.95
Mondo
Favorite rhymes from around the world.
Jump Back Honey
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Illustrated by Ashley Bryan et al.
ISBN 0-7868-0464-5 hardcover $16.99
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion
A stunning tribute to one of the premier black poets.
Laugh-eteria
Poems and Drawings by Douglas Florian
ISBN 0-15-202084-5 hardcover $17.00
Harcourt
Silly, irreverent, and clever, these poems turn plain language into outrageous verse.
Little Dog Poems
Kristine O'Connell George
Illustrated by June Otani
ISBN 0-395-82266-1 hardcover $12.00
Clarion
These poems follow a little dog and a little girl through their day.
The Low-Down Laundry Line Blues
C.M. Millen
Illustrated by Christine Danenvier
ISBN 0-395-87497-1 hardcover $15.00
Houghton Mifflin
An unusual book about moods and emotions.
A Lucky Thing
Alice Schertle
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
ISBN 0-15-200541-2 hardcover $17.00
Browndeer/Harcourt Brace
Poems about the world around us-and the world within our imaginations.
Moon Over Tennessee
Craig Crist-Evans
Illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
ISBN 0-395-91208-3 hardcover $15.00
Houghton Mifflin
This powerful poem of a boy's journey into war.
Morning, Noon, and Night
Poems to Fill Your Day
Sharon Taberski
ISBN 1-57255-128-3 hardcover $14.95
Mondo
A poetry collection as universal as childhood.
My Man Blue
Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
ISBN 0-8037-2326-1 hardcover $15.99
Dial/Penguin Putnam
An inspiring story of an intergenerational friendship in Harlem.
My Mexico-Mexico mio
Poems by Tony Johnston
Illustrated by F. John Sierra
ISBN 0-698-11757-3 paperback $5.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
The flavors of Mexico in English and Spanish.
An Old Shell: Poems of the Galapagos
Tony Johnston
Illustrated by Tom Pohrt
ISBN 0-374-35648-3 hardcover $15.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Lyrical poems celebrate the Galapagos islands and their unique inhabitants.
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims
B.G. Hennessy
Illustrated by Lynne Cravath
ISBN 0-670-87779-4 hardcover $15.99
Viking/Penguin Putnam
Join Pilgrim and Wampanoag boys and girls for a harvest feast and a history lesson.
Please, Mr. Crocodile!
Poems About Animals
Compiled by Tessa Strickland
Illustrated by Rosslyn Moran
ISBN 1-902283-62-7 hardcover $16.95
Barefoot
A snappy selection of poems for children 6-10.
A Pocketful of Stars: Poems About the Night
Compiled by Nikki Siegen-Smith
Illustrated by Emma Shaw-Smith
ISBN 1-902283-84-8 hardcover $16.95
Barefoot
Share the wonder and mystery of night with this celebration of the hours of darkness.
Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote
Carl Sandburg
Illustrated by Istvan Banyai
ISBN 0-679-88990-6 hardcover $15.00
Knopf/Random House
A simple and provocative collection of poems that do not rhyme.
Quiet Storm: Voices from Young Black Poets
Compiled by Lydia Omolola Okutoro
ISBN 0-7868-0461-0 hardcover $16.99
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion
Celebrating the many shades of black culture.
The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children
Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson
ISBN 0-689-82148-4 hardcover $15.00
Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster
The connections between mother and child.
Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family
Ralph Fletcher
Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop
ISBN 0-531-30141-9 hardcover $14.95
Orchard
A touching collection of poetry about family.
Riddle Road: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures
Elizabeth Spires
Illustrated by Erik Blegvad
ISBN 0-689-81783-5 hardcover $15.00
Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster
When is one riddle not enough? When there are 26 riddles to enjoy!
Rimshots
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
ISBN 0-525-46099-3 hardcover $15.99
Dutton/Penguin Putnam
A boldly designed, streetwise ode to basketball.
Snuffles and Snouts
Poems selected by Laura Robb
Illustrated by Steven Kellogg
ISBN 0-14-056502-7 paperback $5.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
Poems about all manner of pigs.
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by Tim Bowers
ISBN 0-689-80563-2 hardcover $15.00
Simon & Schuster
Whimsical poems about childhood.
Songs of Myself: An Anthology of Poems and Art
Selected by Georgia Heard
1-57255-723-0 hardcover $15.95
Mondo
The feelings one has about being oneself.
Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Tom Feelings
ISBN 0-14-056501-9 paperback $6.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
13 major poets collaborate with the vivid portraits of Tom Feelings in this celebration of the sustaining spirit of African creativity.
Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems
Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by Virginia Halstead
ISBN 0-689-81283-3 hardcover $17.00
Simon & Schuster
Stimulating selections reveal that science is fascinating fun for anyone who is curious.
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Selected by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Meilo So
ISBN 0-679-89314-8 hardcover $19.95
Knopf/Random House
A topical poetry collection that highlights 137 outstanding poets of this century.
Walking the Bridge of Your Nose
Michael Rosen
ISBN 0-7534-5186-7 paperback $8.95
Kingfisher
Wordplay, poems, and rhymes are the focus of this stimulating anthology.
Welcome to the Sea of Sand
Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Laura Regan
ISBN 0-698-11771-9 paperback $5.99
Puffin/Penguin Putnam
Experience the surprising activity and colorful beauty of Arizona's Sonora Desert.
What Have You Lost?
Poems selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
Photographs by Michael Nye
ISBN 0-688-16184-7 hardcover $19.00
Greenwillow/HarperCollins
140 poets together in this ground-breaking anthology for young adults.
When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans
The National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian
Institution
ISBN 0-689-82283-9 hardcover $16.00
Simon & Schuster
Native American art inspires young poets to write about their culture and their lives.
Winter Eyes
Written and illustrated by Douglas Florian
ISBN 0-688-16458-7 hardcover $16.00
Greenwillow/HarperCollins
Winter-inspired poems will melt your doubts about Mother Nature's chilly grip.