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Poetry Books
The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry (Illustrated) by Bill Martin Jr.
Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco
Dogku by Andrew Clements
Laugh-Eteria by Douglas Florian
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni  
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme: poems selected by Jack Prelutsky  
A Kick in the Head : an Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms selected by Paul B. Janeczko  
Fold Me a Poem
by Kristine O'Connell George
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
A Family of Poems : My Favorite Poetry for Children selected by Caroline Kennedy  
Incredible Inventions: Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Math-terpieces by Greg Tang
My Parents Think I'm Sleeping by Jack Prelutsky
Popcorn: Poems by James Stevenson
Shout: Little Poems That Roar by Brod Bagert
Silly Street by Jeff Foxworthy
Song of the Water Boatman: & Other Pond Poems
by Joyce Sidman
Spectacular Science: A Book Of Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Swamps of Sleethe: Poems From Beyond the Solar System by Jack Prelutsky
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
Poetry for young people series

Good Books You Can Read To Your Children
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
Aesop’s Fables  by Jerry Pinkney
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Bob and Otto by Robert Bruel
The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann
Dog and Bear: Two friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Emma’s Rug by Allen Say
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor
Here Comes Mother Goose
by Rosemary Wells
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse  
My Friend Rabbit
by Eric Rohmann
Olivia by Ian Falconer
An Orange in January by Dianna Hutts Aston
Oscar’s Half Birthday by Bob Graham
The Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke
Stella: Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach
Yoko by Rosemary Wells
You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You : Stories to Share from the 20th Century by Janet Schulman
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Zen Shorts
by Jon J. Muth
Buster and Phoebe: The Great Bone Game by Lisze Bechtold
Busy Body Nora by Johanna Hurwitz
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
by Mark Teague
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
 
The Jamie and Angus Stories by Anne Fine
Jamaica’s Find
by Juanita Havill
Mallory Vs. Max by Laurie Friedman
Math for All Seasons: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang
Owen Foote, Soccer Star by Stephanie Greene
A Second is a Hiccup: a Child’s Book of Time
by Hazel Hutchins
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
Two Times the Fun by Beverly Cleary
The Ugly Duckling by Julius Lester

Longer Good Books You Can Read to Your Children
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Diary of a Killer Cat by A. Fine
The End of the Beginning by Avi

Pee-Wee’s Tale by Johanna Hurwitz
Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
The World According to Humphrey
by Betsy Birney
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
Half Magic by  Edward Eager

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