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The following list contains source books of Poetry. The books range in age from Preschool level (age 1-3) to grade 8 (age 14). Links to sources for purchase may be found by clicking on each title or may readily be acquired through your local library. Additionally, several of the titles may be found in read-aloud form on YouTube or other video sharing platforms.

Fiction Poetry

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Pre-K - Kindergarten

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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Eric Carle's Animals Animals

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Full, Full, Full of Love

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If I Was the Sunshine

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Little Poems for Tiny Ears

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Wee Rhymes: Baby's First Poetry Book

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We Sang You Home

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Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

A Child's Calendar

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A New Green Day

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A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks

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A Stick Is an Excellent Thing

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Bookspeak!: Poems About Books

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Bronzeville Boys and Girls

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Daniel Finds a Poem

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Don't Ask a Dinosaur

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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems

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Follow the Recipe

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Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys

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Hailstones and Halibut Bones

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Honey for You, Honey for Me

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Hummingbird Heaven

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My Village: Rhymes from Around the World

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One Leaf Rides the Wind

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Poems from When We Were Very Young

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Shout!: Little Poems that Roar

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The Day You Begin

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The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes

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The Llama Who Had No Pajama—Betty Fraser

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The Poet of Piney Woods

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Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me

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2nd Grade - 4th Grade

A Child's Garden of Verses

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A Full Moon is Rising

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A Poke in the I

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Are You an Echo?

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Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths

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Eric Carle's Dragons, Dragons

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Every Thing On It

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Freedom Over Me

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Hip Hop Speaks to Children

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Ice! Poems About Polar Life

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It's Raining Pigs & Noodles

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Life Doesn't Frighten Me

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Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems

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No More Poems!: A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse

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Once, I Laughed My Socks Off

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Poetry Speaks to Children—Elise Paschen

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Revolting Rhymes

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Sad Underwear and Other Complications

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Sing a Song of Seasons

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Soccerverse: Poems about Soccer

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The Cuckoo’s Haiku

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The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet

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The Maine Coon's Haiku

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The Random House Book of Poetry for Children

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Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems

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When Green Becomes Tomatoes

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

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4th Grade - 6th Grade

A Child's Introduction to Poetry

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A Kick in the Head

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Hey World, Here I Am!

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Inside Out and Back Again

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Knock at a Star

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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Fairy Poems

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Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word

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Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers

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My Life as a Goldfish

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My Thoughts Are Clouds

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Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson

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Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare

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Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson

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Read-Aloud Poems for Young People

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Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs

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The Last-place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom

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The New Kid on the Block

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The Poetry of US

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The World Below the Brine

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6th Grade - 8th Grade

Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability

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Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems

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Dizzy In Your Eyes: Poems About Love

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For Teenage Girls With Wild Ambitions and Trembling Hearts

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Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices

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How to Eat a Poem

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Light Filters In: Poems

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Niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile

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Paint Me Like I Am

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Please Excuse This Poem

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Poetry Speaks Who I Am

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Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty

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the princess saves herself in this one

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The Rose That Grew From Concrete

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The Universe of Us

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Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

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