Poetry Essentials: Selected Books for Children and Teens
Created by Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
- 1,205 Resources including
- 95 Videos
- 61 Book Readings
- 124 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 67 book results

Brown Girl Dreaming
65+ Resources19 Awards

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
40+ Resources14 Awards

Under the Mesquite
35+ Resources12 Awards

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
35+ Resources10 Awards


The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
30+ Resources7 Awards



We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
30+ Resources1 Awards


Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
25+ Resources4 Awards



A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
25+ Resources6 Awards


Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, and Polly Dunbar
25+ Resources3 Awards




Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
20+ Resources7 Awards



Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
by G. Brian Karas, Jane Yolen, and Andrew Fusek Peters
20+ Resources1 Awards



When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
20+ Resources8 Awards


What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
15+ Resources3 Awards


A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
15+ Resources1 Awards

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
by Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood
15+ Resources3 Awards




Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem / Sopa de frijoles: un poema para cocinar
by Jorge Argueta and Rafael Yockteng
15+ Resources2 Awards

Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby
by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Alyssa Nassner
15+ Resources2 Awards
