Juvenile Poetry

According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, poetry is a piece of literature written in meter or verse.  Poetry is rhythmic in nature but does not necessarily have to rhyme. The Children’s Department has a nice selection of your favorite children’s poets such as Shel Silverstein, J. Patrick Lewis and Jack Pretlusky!  The poetry books can be found in the nonfiction section under J811 through J811.54.

Below is a list of titles available at the Central Library. Click on each title to check it’s availability or to place the item on hold.

1.

A light in the attic / Shel Silverstein. by Silverstein, Shel New York : Harper, c2009.

2.

Jabberwocky : the classic poem from Lewis Carroll’s Through the looking glass, and what Alice found there / reimagined and illustrated by Chistopher Myers. by Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2007.

3.

The raven / Edgar Allan Poe ; with illustrations by Ryan Price. by Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Toronto : KCP Poetry, c2006.

4.

Song of the water boatman : & other pond poems / written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beckie Prange. by Sidman, Joyce Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

5.

Boris / Cynthia Rylant. by Rylant, Cynthia Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.

6.

A kick in the head : [an everyday guide to poetic forms] / edited by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.