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10 best books like Goodnight Songs (Margaret Wise Brown): Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold, A Dazzling Display of Dogs, Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature, Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems, The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses, The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist, Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace, Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: and Other Poems, Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?, On the Wing

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0547906501
First thing: there is a fox on the cover and a fox on each page and yet there is not a poem to a fox; why? OK, the poems are about animals surviving the cold winter in nature. They are good poems. Then on the side they give a block of text on how the animals actually survive the cold with facts. My niece loves the...
A Dazzling Display of Dogs
AuthorBetsy Franco
ISBN1582463433
This book was a very interesting read! It was a poetry book entirely themed on dogs. The illustrations are bright and colorful and the author/illustrator wove the words from the poems into some of the illustrations. Each page has a new poem to a different dog or dog breed. The words wrap in all sorts of different...
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature
AuthorNicola Davies
This gorgeously illustrated volume of poetry — sprinkled with facts and fun things to do — sows an early love for nature in all its beauty and wonder.

The buzz of bees in summertime. The tracks of a bird in the winter snow. This beautiful book captures all the sights and sounds of a child’s...
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
AuthorPaul B. Janeczko
ISBN0763648426
Celebrated poet and anthologist Paul B. Janeczko pairs with Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet for a collection of short poems to sample and savor.

It only takes a few words, if they’re the right words, to create a strong image. Whether listened to in the comfort of a cozy lap or read independently,...
The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses
AuthorLisa Wheeler
ISBN1416975950
Embark on a methodical, meticulous, and hilarious quest for the perfect pet in this wickedly witty cautionary collection of pet poems.

If you're the type that oohs and aahs
at furry faces, precious paws,
the words ahead may be alarming:
Animals aren't always charming.

If...
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
AuthorMargarita Engle
ISBN1477826335
Louis loves to watch birds. He takes care of injured birds and studies how they look and how they move. His father wants him to become an engineer, but Louis dreams of being a bird artist. To achieve this dream, he must practice, practice, practice. He learns from the art of John James Audubon. But as Louis...
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace
AuthorAnna Grossnickle Hines
ISBN0805089969
I can honestly say I absolutely LOVED this book! I really thought is was neat how the author made each page look life like and real I loved all of the different kinds of poems throughout the whole book. The use of colors were really great. I thought it was great how the author portrays and teaches young readers...
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: and Other Poems
AuthorJack Prelutsky
ISBN0062014641
The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having returned safely from far-flung places with an extensive collection of unique creatures that are a blending of the animate and inanimate, has worked in close collaboration with the fine artist Carin Berger, who herself conducted...
Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
AuthorRita Gray
Woodpecker calls from a tree, "cuk-cuk-cuk." Starling sings, "whistle-ee-wee." But have you heard the nesting bird?

In this book, we hear all the different bird calls in counterpoint to the pervasive quiet of a mama bird waiting for her eggs to hatch. Fun and informative back matter takes...
On the Wing
AuthorDavid Elliott
ISBN0763653241
David Elliott’s witty verse takes flight with gorgeous illustrations in an enchanting look at fifteen avian species for birders of all ages.

Take to the sky to explore a glorious array of all things avian, from the tiny, restless hummingbird to the inscrutable horned owl to the majestic...
A Poem for Peter
AuthorAndrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN0425287688
A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.

The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his...
A Poem in Your Pocket
AuthorMargaret McNamara
ISBN0307979474
Usher in National Poetry Month with Mr. Tiffin and his students, stars of the hugely popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? and The Apple Orchard Riddle.

Once again, Margaret McNamara sets her playful, child-friendly story in the classroom, and this time, poetry—from metaphors to acrostics...
Follow Follow
AuthorMarilyn Singer
ISBN0803737696
Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos - a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward – became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid.

Read...
Daniel Finds a Poem
AuthorMicha Archer
What is poetry? Is it glistening morning dew? Spider thinks so. Is it crisp leaves crunching? That’s what Squirrel says. Could it be a cool pond, sun-warmed sand, or moonlight on the grass? Maybe poetry is all of these things, as it is something special for everyone—you just have to take the time to...
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0763631418
This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one’s library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured.

Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston...
Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost
AuthorNatalie S. Bober
ISBN0805094075
When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write “poetry that talked,” and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though,...
Water Can Be...
AuthorLaura Purdie Salas
ISBN1467705918
To folks who say nonfiction can’t be fun, I say, “read this.” Like Laura's previous book, A LEAF CAN BE, WATER CAN BE is a lyrical read-aloud. I’d argue that children much younger than age five would enjoy both the poetry and bright illustrations. Laura includes extensive back matter, for example,...
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
AuthorKwame Alexander
I’m in the minority here because I wasn’t thrilled by this collection so I’ll be as brief as I can. I am a fan of Kwame Alexander, who along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth wrote poems in response to some of their favorite poets, including Maya Angelou, Bashō, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra...
Poem-Mobiles: Crazy Car Poems
AuthorJ. Patrick Lewis
ISBN0375866906
The U.S. Children's Poet Laureate and an award-winning children's poet join their prolific forces in this picture book of poems about cars. But they're not just any cars: there's the "Sloppy-Floppy-Nonstop-Jalopy" ("So unique there is no copy"); the Bathtub Limosine ("With hot water heating / And...
I Haiku You
AuthorBetsy E. Snyder
ISBN0375867503
"You be my jelly,
I'll be your peanut butter--
Let's stick together!"

Who do you "haiku"? Cheery expressions of love take flight in this delightful haiku collection. Both the young and the young at heart will enjoy sharing these simple poems of affection and appreciation.

Betsy...
God Got a Dog
AuthorCynthia Rylant
ISBN1442465182
I love this book.
I love that God is a man or woman or child; black or white, fat or thin or bald.
I love that God has conversations with Budha and calls Mother Theresa when he gets a cold.

I want to give this book to all of my UU and UU-leaning friends because it will make them smile.

If...
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