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Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe

10 best books like Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe): Hailstones and Halibut Bones, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry, Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD), Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem, Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States, The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico, The Best Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry's Greatest Voices, Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost, This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness

Hailstones and Halibut Bones
AuthorMary O'Neill
ISBN0385079117
These poems were okay (except for using "an Indian" as an example of the color Red. C'mon O'Neill, even leaving political correctness aside Native Americans are not actually carmine). They didn't do much for me, but I see many people really liked them, so ymmv.

I had the 1989 reissue with illustrations...
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
AuthorLangston Hughes
ISBN1402718454
Sterling proudly announces an exciting and vibrant addition to Poetry for Young People: The first African-American themed book in the series, featuring the poems of the extraordinary Langston Hughes. Edited by the two leading experts on Hughes’s work, and illustrated by the brilliant Benny Andrews,...
Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
AuthorX.J. Kennedy
ISBN0316488003
The perfect classic anthology of poetry for today's young readers.
A classic poetry anthology, Knock at a Star contains lively, interesting poems from the most beloved writers and poets of our time, past and present, including Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Ann Hoberman,...
Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD)
AuthorElise Paschen
ISBN1402203292
In the tradition of Poetry Speaks, the anthology named a Best Book of 2002 by School Library Journal, and praised by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "a volume to delight longtime lovers of poetry and to spark new love for poetry, especially among the young," Sourcebooks MediaFusion is proud to introduce...
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem
AuthorJack Prelutsky
ISBN0061434485
Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?

Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this...
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
AuthorLori Marie Carlson
ISBN0805076166

i think in spanish
i write in english

i want to go back to puerto rico,
but i wonder if my kink could live
in ponce, mayagüez and carolina

tengo las venas aculturadas
escribo en spanglish
abraham in español

--from "My Graduation Speech," by Tato...
The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico
AuthorNaomi Shihab Nye
ISBN0689820879
A beautiful collection of bilingual poems and stories from Mexico, paired with paintings by Mexican artists.

“Remember, the tree is older than you are and you might find stories in its branches.”

So begins this wondrous collection of poems and stories from Mexico that invites...
The Best Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry's Greatest Voices
AuthorEdric S. Mesmer
ISBN0439296749
Just in time for National Poetry Month, a fantastic collection of some of the best poems ever.

These are some of the most amazing poems ever written, touching the heart, challenging the mind, and conjuring worlds of experience and imagination.

Included are poems by:
Emily Dickinson
Edgar...
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
AuthorRobert Frost
ISBN0806906332
"In an attractive large-size volume...25 poems to introduce Robert Frost to young people. The selections are arranged by the seasons, and Sorensen's handsome watercolor illustrations capture the feel of the New England landscape without in any way trying to provide literal images for the poetry....
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0618616802
When Mrs. Merz asks her sixth grade class to write poems of apology, they end up liking their poems so much that they decide to put them together into a book. Not only that, but they get the people to whom they apologized to write poems back.

In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes,...
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
AuthorPaul B. Janeczko
ISBN0763606626
From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape.


Please
Open this book for something
Extraordinary.
Twenty-nine different poetic forms await you
Inside...
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
AuthorLinda Sue Park
ISBN0618234837
A sijo, a traditional Korean verse form, has a fixed number of stressed syllables and a humorous or ironic twist at the end. Like haiku, sijo are brief and accessible, and the witty last line winds up each poem with a surprise. The verses in this book illuminate funny, unexpected, amazing aspects of the...
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson
AuthorEmily Dickinson
ISBN0806906359
Features more than 35 of Dickinson's best loved poems, including "I'm nobody, who are you?" and "I started early, took my dog." "The choice of...Emily Dickinson is a good one....Chi Chung's illustrations...are precise and sometimes whimsical....Attractive and inviting....will give young readers...
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou
AuthorMaya Angelou
ISBN1402720238
Award-winning poet, author, playwright, historian, songwriter, singer, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, and civil rights activist: Dr. Maya Angelou needs no introduction. She is a true American icon—and now she is the first living poet included in Sterling’s celebrated Poetry...
Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0806943440
He was the greatest poet and playwright who ever lived, the dramatist who penned lines that we quote without even realizing their origin. Shakespeare's glorious works have even inspired animated films--like Disney's The Lion King. Introduce children to the Bard with this wonderful, fully annotated...
Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll
AuthorLewis Carroll
ISBN1402754744
With fantastic characters and enchanting language, Lewis Carroll created magical wonderlands children have always loved to visit. These 26 selections from his classic works have never lost their fascination. Open the covers of this beautifully illustrated collection and take a magical journey...
Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman
AuthorWalt Whitman
ISBN1402754779
Sit back and travel the universe through the imagination of Walt Whitman. From the depths of the sea to the far reaches of the cosmos, from the songs of America’s workers to the plight of America’s slaves, you’re about to embark on an experience you’ll never forget! More than twenty-five of Walt...
Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg
AuthorCarl Sandburg
ISBN0806908181
"...displays the range of everyday topics in which Sandburg found beauty, humor, or pathos....Unfamiliar words are helpfully defined in footnotes...and an introductory biographical essay establishes a context for the poems. Arcella makes a grand debut; his intensely colored sculptural forms,...
The President's Stuck in the Bathtub: Poems About the Presidents
AuthorSusan Katz
Playful political poems about the penchants and peccadilloes of the presidents!Sure, William Taft got stuck in his tub, but did you know that John Quincy Adams used to skinny-dip in the Potomac? Herbert Hoover spoke Chinese with his wife, and Gerald Ford had his name changed from Leslie Lynch King....
If I Ran the School
AuthorBruce Lansky
ISBN0439825954
Hilarious! Some of my favorite poems are in here! The only thing that would make it better would be if Shel Silverstein's poems were in here. Other than that, it's perfect. :) (In the case you haven't guessed, Shel Silverstein is my favorite poet. "If you're a bird/be an early bird,/and catch the worm for...
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