Juvenile Fiction - Poetry

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)"Emotionally resonant and stirring." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Lucky the reader who would have this collection lying around for visiting and revisiting." --Horn Book magazineThis celebratory book collects in one volume award-winning and beloved poet Naomi...

Celebrate Father's Day with this collection of sweet and funny poems from the author of the hugely popular Kindergarten, Here I Come! It's time to start prepping some pancakes in bed and calling up Grandpa, too, because Father's Day is here! From making Dad...

Filled with smiles from beginning to end, this playful high-contrast black-and-white board book shows the lengths parents and caregivers will go for their little one's happiness. By bestselling Feminist Baby and It Had to Be You creator Loryn Brantz! For your smile, I'd quack...

Charlotte's Chalk Adventures is a magical alphabet poem that takes readers on a colorful journey through the power of sidewalk chalk. Each letter comes to life as Charlotte is immersed in vivid chalk drawings leading children's imaginations across the ocean, jungle and skies. Perfect...

"At the heart of everything is you. And you are Good just as you are." Award-winning author Alexs Pate reminds readers of the inner Good found inside each of us. This Good is the source of joy, hope, laughter, and dreams. But what happens...

★ "The childlike approach, appealing art, and relatable worm character...connect story and audience." --The Horn Book, STARRED reviewEvery veggie needs their shut-eye in this bedtime book that celebrates community, the joys of a small garden, and the importance of taking care of ourselves. Illustrated...

Say it loud and say it proud.Don't push the feelings down.Expressing how you feelCan help you deal.Celebrate the loving and safe space you have created within your parent-child bond with this heartwarming picture book. Snuggle up with your little one-or your grown child-to honor...

This charming hidden picture picture book invites readers to join Bear and his friends through the seasons as they prepare a party filled with love, homemade delights, and woodland magic. A follow-up to the bestselling If You Go Down to the Woods Today. With...

From Alex T. Smith, the creator of festive favorites such as How Winston Delivered Christmas and The Grumpus, comes a gorgeously illustrated Christmas classic. Re-written and illustrated, Grandma is Overly Generous: A Retelling of The Twelve Days of Christmas is a small hardback perfect...

Return to Miss Stretchberry's class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat black cat!The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, introduced Jack in...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From America's Mom--actress, New York Times bestselling author, NAACP Award-winning personality, and Emmy-winning host Tabitha Brown--comes an upbeat, inspiring story about finding your own light."Hello there, sunshine!"Every morning, young Tabitha wakes up and greets the sun. She loves how...

A well-crafted anthology of sixty poems and ballads of historical significance, arranged in chronological order with an introduction to each poem that spurs interest in reading it. In addition to providing historical context for the poems, these introductory pieces offer interesting details about the...

From the creative brains of New York Times bestselling author and middle school teacher Matt Eicheldinger comes an all-new collection of 100] funny and thoughtful poems and illustrations! For fans of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, Bob Odenkirk's Zilot & Other Important Rhymes,...

A rollicking collection of poems about the enchanting world of animals and insects, from former children's poet laureate and New York Times bestselling author Mary Ann Hoberman and Caldecott Honoree illustrator Marla Frazee. So many kinds of animals So many shapes and sizes So...

In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry...

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...

I Carry Your Heart With Me is a children's adaptation of the beloved E. E. Cummings poem, beautifully illustrated by Mati Rose McDonough. Showing the strong bond of love between mother and child, within nature and throughout life, Cummings's heartfelt words expressed through McDonough's...

This sweet and playful bedtime book reminds young readers just how loved they are, from the New York Times bestselling creators author Andrea Beaty and illustrator Vashti Harrison Love comes in many forms. It can feel tart as lemonade, or sweet as sugar cookies....

A child discovers a parade of animals in this vibrant board book filled with playful humor and rhyme.This simple, funny read-aloud follows a boy's exciting stroll through the countryside. The boy sees a black cat, then a brown horse, then a red cow, and...

Families will enjoy reading this sweet story about a parent's ever-growing love for their child in this book with rhyming text and beautiful illustrations. This small, padded board book is the perfect size for little hands and is a wonderful gift for parents and...