Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

10 best books like Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems (Kristine O'Connell George): Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem, Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry, A Dazzling Display of Dogs, Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD), Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems, Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart, This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World

Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem

Author	Marilyn Nelson
ISBN	1932425128

There is a skeleton in the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut. It has been in the town for over 200 years. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the bones were those of a slave name Fortune, who was owned by a local doctor. After Fortune's death,...

Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors

Author	Joyce Sidman
ISBN	0618717196

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...

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

Author	Langston Hughes
ISBN	1402718454

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

Author	X.J. Kennedy
ISBN	0316488003

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,...

A Dazzling Display of Dogs

Author	Betsy Franco
ISBN	1582463433

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...

Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD)

Author	Elise Paschen
ISBN	1402203292

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...

Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems

Author	Georgia Heard
ISBN	1596432209

TRY THIS AT HOME. Poems to inspire young readers.

From Eileen Spinelli's many goodbyes to summer at the shore, to Avis Harley's catalog of ways to say hello across the globe, to a close look at the birds and animals outside Valiska Gregory's window in winter…Georgia Heard has collected list...

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art

Author	Jan Greenberg
ISBN	0810943867

Fantastic concept. Seeing the works of art through the poets' eyes really helped me see more in them, connect with them on a deeper level. Many were new to me, though, and that was interesting, too.

I really liked what Bobbi Katz did in "Lessons from a Painting by Rothko" for one of Marc Rothko's...

Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart

Author	Vera B. Williams
ISBN	0060571829

This book of poetry is about how two sisters deal with the loss of having their father go to jail. The father goes to jail because he forged a check from his former employer. Amber and Essie find comfort in each other and they take care of each other. The poem "Best Sandwich" tells about how the sister cuddle...

This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World

Author	Naomi Shihab Nye
ISBN	0689806302

Naomi Shihab Nye complied a book of poems from around the world and named it, This Same Sky. This work proves as a physical representation of the collective human consciousness, with nature being present through most of the rhythmic lines of each individual piece.
One could almost think each poem...

Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word

Author	Bob Raczka
ISBN	1596435410

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...

Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems

Author	John Grandits
ISBN	0618503617

An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying older sister. In addition, he speculates about...

A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms

Author	Paul B. Janeczko
ISBN	0763606626

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...

Bronzeville Boys and Girls

Author	Gwendolyn Brooks
ISBN	0060295058

This classic picture book from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, paired with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold, explores the lives and dreams of the children who live together in an urban neighborhood. In 1956, Gwendolyn Brooks created thirty-four...

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!

Author	J. Patrick Lewis
ISBN	1426310544

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...

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings

Author	Douglas Florian
ISBN	0152053727

Now perhaps I am missing something with regard to Douglas Florian's illustrations because I have been reading Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings as a Kindle download. For although I do kind of and to a certain small extent appreciate the work that must have gone into the pictures...

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Author

Kwame 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...