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10 best books like Roots and Blues: A Celebration (Arnold Adoff): Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems, Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery, A Dazzling Display of Dogs, Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses, BookSpeak!: Poems about Books, Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph, Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace, Never Forgotten

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
AuthorKate Coombs
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea."

Admission: I have a great weakness for sea poetry. Like Melville's Ishmael,...
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0618717196
From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems comes a celebration of ubiquitous life forms among us. Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman presents another unusual blend of fine poetry and fascinating science illustrated in exquisite hand-colored...
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
AuthorCynthia Grady
ISBN0802853862
This rich and intricate collection of poems chronicles the various experiences of American slaves. Drawn together through imagery drawn from quilting and fiber arts, each poem is spoken from a different perspective: a house slave, a mother losing her daughter to the auction block, a blacksmith,...
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...
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
AuthorLee Wardlaw
ISBN0805089950
Full disclosure here, the author of this book sent me a copy as a gift. This isn't an uncommon occurrence, but I feel obliged to mention that.

I'll be honest, the fact that the story was told entirely in Haiku was *not* a selling point for me when I picked it up. In fact, I was more than slightly skeptical...
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...
BookSpeak!: Poems about Books
AuthorLaura Purdie Salas
ISBN0547223005
A collection of wacky, whimsical poems about books and all the treasures they contain. Laura Purdie Salas, the acclaimed author of Stampede!, is back with another collection of wild and weird, wacky and winsome poems about all the magic to be found on a single bookshelf. In BookSpeak!, each poem gives...
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
AuthorRoxane Orgill
ISBN0763669547
What happens when you invite as many jazz musicians as you can to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.

When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched...
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...
Never Forgotten
AuthorPatricia C. McKissack
ISBN0375843841
A 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

"Forceful and iconic," raved Publishers Weekly in a starred review. This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured...
Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word
AuthorBob Raczka
ISBN1596435410
Play with your words! A brand new poetic form that turns word puzzles into poetry.

Part anagram, part rebus, part riddle--these poems capture a scene from a child's daily life and present a puzzle to solve. Sometimes sweet and sometimes funny, but always clever, these poems are fun to read and...
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
AuthorJ. Patrick Lewis
ISBN1426310544
Named one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews!

"Add a little natural wonder to your poetry shelves. Because if we’re talking about the best possible compliment to your eyes and ears alike, few have as many perks and grand moments as this." —School Library Journal starred...
The Elephant Scientist
AuthorCaitlin O'Connell
ISBN0547053444
In the sprawling African scrub desert of Etosha National Park, they call her “the mother of all elephants.” Holding binoculars closely to her eyes, American scientist Caitlin O’Connell could not believe what she was seeing from these African elephants: as the mighty matriarch scanned the...
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....
A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home
AuthorMarilyn Singer
ISBN1452101205
Under the desert's cracked and barren skin, spadefoot toads are waiting for rain. In the endless black of the deepest caves, blind fish find their way. Even in the frozen hearts of glaciers, ice worms by the billion flourish. In this fascinating look at fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in...
Sweep Up the Sun
AuthorRick Lieder
ISBN0763669040
Illuminated by exquisite photographs of eleven species of birds, a spare and elegant poem inspires readers to open their wings and soar.

Baby robins, open-beaked in their nest. Mallards winging to a new clime. Whether chickadees or cardinals, sparrows or starlings, here are commonly seen...
UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings
AuthorDouglas Florian
ISBN1442426527
The buzz is big for Douglas Florian’s new poetry collection about the unBEElieveably unique lives of honeybees—and the vital role they play in our ecosystem.

Come inside the honeycomb—a busy, buzzy, bee-filled home—and learn about the unexpected wonders of these tiny insects’...
I Am the Book
AuthorLee Bennett Hopkins
ISBN0823421198
"I Am the Book" is a collection of thirteen different poems. These poems written by various authors, and are selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. The poems in this book take you away into a world of reading with the language that is used. Each poem describes a wonderful trait of the world of reading. There are...
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
AuthorEloise Greenfield
ISBN0061259217
We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.

When Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to...
In the Sea
AuthorDavid Elliott
ISBN0763644986
A New York Times best-selling author and a Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator explore life in the ocean with clever poems and bold, expressive woodcuts.

The briny deep is home to an enormous variety of fascinating creatures, from the dainty sea horse to the fearsome shark, from the spiny...
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...
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