Poetry Speaks to Children

Poetry Speaks to Children
Author: Elise Paschen
Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

A collection of 95 remarkable poems by the poets and a few close friends.

Hip Hop Speaks to Children with CD

Hip Hop Speaks to Children with CD
Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

More than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat.

Poetry Speaks

Poetry Speaks
Author: Elise Paschen
Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

[Ask for CD at desk].

Poetry Speaks Expanded

Poetry Speaks Expanded
Author: Elise Paschen
Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2007
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

Presenting a diverse cross-section of the 20th centurys best poets, this classic poetry anthology has now been revised with added essays and poems. Includes three audio CDs with recordings of each poet reading his or her work.

I Am Loved

I Am Loved
Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534404937

Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish. There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved—themselves!

Bookspeak!

Bookspeak!
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547223005

Presents a series of poems which pay tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, as characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets, and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night.

Old Elm Speaks

Old Elm Speaks
Author: Kristine O'Connell George
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395876114

A collection of short, simple poems which present images relating to trees in various circumstances and throughout the seasons.

A Child’s Garden of Verses

A Child’s Garden of Verses
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752423390

Reproduction of the original: A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Poems Aloud

Poems Aloud
Author: Joseph Coelho
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0711247692

Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award winning â??Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out 20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much loved and award winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear. Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life. "Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho" ~ Books for Keeps