Education Resource Area: Poetry Collections

First three seasonal collections. Nature and seasons.

Age 5-10

5-8

Age 6-10

Ages 7-12

"With photographs as backdrops, colors are captured in poetry." 6-10

This collection of poems invites young readers to celebrate winter at the seashore, in San Francisco and in the redwood forests of the Sierras. Ages 5-8

5-8

Bilingual poems. 5-8

10-14

ages 6-8

6-8

12 and up

4-8

An unusual, charming collection of more than 50 night songs and lullabies from different North American Indian cultures. 5-8

Ages 6-10

6-9

Sixteen poems on family love and friendship as experienced by a black girl.

5-8

8 and up

Ages 7-12

Ages 4-8

Mixing sly humor with a hint of danger, this irresistible collection of poems pays homage to the bully animals in the wildlife world--snakes, sharks, vultures and more. Full-color illustrations. Ages 6-11

Presented in both English and Spanish, this lively poetry collection features the endangered flora and fauna of the Iguaz rain forest in Argentina, and addresses environmental issues in a fun, engaging way. Ages 5-8

A bilingual collection of poetry by acclaimed Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcon celebrating family, community, nature, and the positive power of dreams to shape our future.

Offers more than 100 Mexican poems and stories, by writers including Octavio Paz, Rosario Castellanos, and Homero Aridjis.

Lyrical

A collection of cheeky, funny, high-energy poems.

Poetry that makes us appreciate the magnitude of lives filled with courage, enthusiasm, inspiration. Lives: Poems About Famous Americans is the ideal introduction to sixteen American personalities who have changed the course of history.

Forty-three men with forty-three passions, but with one thing in common: a presidential place in America's history.

Ages 6-8

5-10

5-8

7 and up

An anthology of poems about school. Tips are provided to help understand poetry and how poems are written.