March
Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month! Celebrate in your school or library with these books from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Seeing Green
Book Three in the Eco Mystery Trilogy (Part of Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective)
By: Carolyn Keene
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: April 6, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
SEEING GREENWhat was supposed to be a blissed-out vacation at a pristine eco-resort has turned into one of the biggest cases of my life. And just as we were getting into it, Bess, George, and I had to return to River Heights....
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This Is Our World
A Story About Taking Care of the Earth (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Emily Sollinger
Illustrated by: Jo Brown
This edition: Board Book, 12 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: 4 - 6
Join the fun on this interactive journey while learning to clean the air, reduce pollution, recycle, and more. Nine double-sided puzzle pieces are included in this book so kids can create two different puzzles!
Poetrees
By: Douglas Florian
Illustrated by: Douglas Florian
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 6
This book is ripe with poetrees,They're grown to educate and please.You'll see a cedar.Oak tree too.Birch and banyan,Pine and yew.Palm and gumAnd willow tree,Plus more you'll love tree-mendously!
How Does a Seed Grow?
A Book with Foldout Pages
By: Sue Kim
Photographer: Tilde
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: 4 - 6
Watch seeds grow right before your eyes! Readers can follow the fun clues and guess what delicious fruits will grow from each seed. With a lift of each foldout flap, kids can watch the seeds take root in the soil, sprout from...
I Can Save the Ocean!
The Little Green Monster Cleans Up the Beach (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Alison Inches
Illustrated by: Viviana Garofoli
This edition: Paper Over Board, 24 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: 4 - 6
Max the Little Green Monster is a cute, furry green monster that loves the outdoors, especially the beach! But Max and his friends don't like cleaning up after themselves and after a picnic on the shore, they leave a big mess...
Green with Envy
Book Two in the Eco Mystery Trilogy (Part of Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective)
By: Carolyn Keene
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: February 9, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
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Mama Miti
Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 5, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
One woman. One seed.One hope for the future.Thayu nyumba -- Peace, my people.Wangari grew up in the shadow of Mount Kenya listening to the stories about the people and land around her. Though the trees towered over her, she...
Green-Eyed Monster
Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy (Part of Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective)
By: Carolyn Keene
Cover By: Michael Frost
This edition: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publication date: December 1, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
George, Bess, and I were so excited when we won an amazing vacation at an eco-resort in Costa Rica. Fun, sun, surf -- all in the name of ecology and helping to keep our planet clean. But, as always, dirty business seems to...
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Don't Throw That Away!
A Lift-the-Flap Book about Recycling and Reusing (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Lara Bergen
Illustrated by: Betsy Snyder
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: October 13, 2009
Ages: 4 - 6
You can keep that trash and reuse it in all kinds of wonderful ways! Do you see that old jar? Don’t throw that away! You can turn it into...a new vase! Follow an eco-conscious super hero as he teaches kids how to recycle and...
Green Power Solar & Wind Power
By: Peter Lerangis
This edition: Board Book, 64 pages
Publication date: April 14, 2009
Ages: 7 - 10
This useful and fascinating book about energy (solar and wind) comes with a cool solar car to build!YOU can help to keep the planet “green.” Find out all about using energy from the sun and the wind with this...
SpongeBob Goes Green!
An Earth-Friendly Adventure / Little Green Nickelodeon (Part of SpongeBob SquarePants)
By: Molly Reisner
Illustrated by: Stephen Reed
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
SpongeBob celebrates the Earth with an eco-friendly 8 x 8 story! Includes easy green tips for kids! Right in time for Earth Day (April 22, 2009), SpongeBob is going green in this original, environment-friendly story packed...
Easy to Be Green
Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Ellie O'Ryan
Illustrated by: Ivanke & Lola
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Everyone’s talking about the environment these days, especially kids. But what can kids do? A lot! This book is filled with cool coloring pages, Earth-saving tips, fun facts, and easy activities kids can do to help the...
Dora Celebrates Earth Day!
Little Green Nickelodeon (Part of Dora the Explorer)
By: Emily Sollinger
Illustrated by: Dave Aikins
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
Dora explores the ways we can all make a difference and help save the planet by doing simple things at home.Perfect for teaching preschoolers about the environment and what they can do to help protect the planet, This book...
The Polar Bears' Home
A Story About Global Warming (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Lara Bergen
Illustrated by: Vincent Nguyen
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: September 9, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
Come along on an Arctic adventure with a little girl and her father and learn all about polar bears! This 8 x 8 storybook shows how global warming affects two baby polar bear cubs and their family. Includes tips for kids on...
I Can Save the Earth!
One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Alison Inches
Illustrated by: Viviana Garofoli
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: September 9, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
A new “green” series!: Little Green Books will educate children on what they can do to be more eco-friendly. The books in this line will be made from recycled materials, and the storylines will cover subjects such as...
Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month! Share some poems with your students today!
Pond Circle
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Stefano Vitale
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 9, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
One summer night by a small pond, mayflies dart, beetles dive, frogs spring, skunks shuffle, and owls swoop. As a young girl watches, the circle of life unfolds.The rhythmic, cumulative story and rich, luminous paintings...
The Underwear Salesman
And Other Jobs for Better or Verse
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by: Serge Bloch
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 7 - 10
Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator?Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor?Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat?No?Well, look inside.
What's the Weather Inside?
By: Karma Wilson
Illustrated by: Barry Blitt
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 6 - 10
Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet's revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and...
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A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirrorthe rugged raccoonadmires his faceby the light of the moon:the mysterious mask,the whiskers beneath,the sliver of cricketstill stuck in his teeth.Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the forest...
Dinothesaurus
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
By: Douglas Florian
Illustrated by: Douglas Florian
This edition: Hardcover, 56 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: above 6
This book is full of dinosaurs,Both carnivores and herbivores.You'll find a big Iguanodon,As well as a clever Tro-o-don.There's Spinosaurus and T. rex,Plus plesiosaurs with giant necks,And others from an ancient age.Want to...
Going, Going, Gone!
And Other Silly Dilly Sports Songs
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: David Catrow
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: 3 - 8
Calling all silly dilly fans!Get ready to take a giant time-out for laughs, 'cause the bestselling creators of Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs and Are You Quite Polite? Silly Dilly Manners Songs are back...
Word Builder
By: Ann Whitford Paul
Illustrated by: Kurt Cyrus
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: 5 - 7
Begin your new construction with twenty-six letters...Where would a sentence be without words? And what's a word without letters? Just like when constructing a building, you have to build your words from the ground up!Foreman...
Bella & Bean
By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Illustrated by: Aileen Leijten
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Bella wants to write poems.Bean wants to go for a walk.Bella wants to write poems.Bean wants Bella to look at her cute toes.Could these two best friends be more different? But as Bean's attempt to coax Bella away from her...
My People
By: Langston Hughes
Illustrated by: Charles R. Smith Jr.
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribue to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the...
Sleepsong
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by: Peter Catalanotto
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: December 23, 2008
Ages: 1 - 4
It's time.Bears, birds, cats, whales, oceans the earth itself must call it a day.Just the time to pick out this book, climb on a lap, and listen.Just the time to watch the light rise and fall at the corners of your eyes - to...
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry
By: Various
Afterword by: Steven Kellogg / Edited By: Bill Martin Jr. / Foreword by: Eric Carle / Illustrated by: Various / with: Michael Sampson
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: November 4, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
The definitive anthology of children's poetry, collected by a beloved authorYears in the making, this full-color treasury contains nearly two hundred poems, all of them handpicked by Bill Martin Jr. Traditional children's...
Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails
Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds.Poet Betsy...
Boogie Knights
By: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrated by: Mark Siegel
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
Place: the castleTime: lateEvent: the Madcap Monster Ball, the rockin'-estknee-knockin'-estbeboppin'-estparty of them all.It's impossible to sleep through.Just ask the princeOr his off-the-wall princessOr any of their...
Oops!
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: Edward Koren
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Find your funny bone and grab your giggles!You're about to embark on an adventure through the hilarious landscape created by ALAN KATZ and EDWARD KOREN. From the kingdom of His Royal Sloppiness (also known as the prince of...
America at War
Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Edited By: Lee Bennett Hopkins / Illustrated by: Stephen Alcorn
This edition: Hardcover, 96 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: above 8
In this ever-timely collection of more than fifty poems and paintingsdivided into eight sections, one of America's most distinguished poets and anthologists, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and internationally acclaimed painter and...
Angels Watching Over Me
Adapted by: Julia Durango / Illustrated by: Elisa Kleven
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: 2 - 5
Every hour...every minute...every second...angels...watching...over...me.What better way to reassure a young child than with the words of a soft, soothing spiritual exuberantly expanded by author Julia Durango and intricately...
If
A Father's Advice to His Son
By: Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by: Charles R. Smith Jr.
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: above 6
What makes a boy into a man?Courage.Confidence.Patience.Integrity...For more than one hundred years, this classic poems has inspired readers to reach for the best in themselves.In pictures and words, here's what every boy...
Today at the Bluebird Cafe
A Branchful of Birds
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 4 - 10
It's all-you-can-eatat the Bluebird Café,A grasshopper-katydid-cricket buffet,with berries and snailsand a bluebottle fly,a sip of the lakeand a bite of the sky.A world of birds unfolds in twenty-two vivid poems that...
Twist
Yoga Poems
By: Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Come explore yoga in a new way with TWIST,a collection of sixteen original poems sure to inspire even the youngest yogi! Feel the damp soil beneath you as Cobra, and grab hold of a star as Half-Moon. From Low Crow to Eagle and...
Birdsongs
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 3 - 7
The sky is quiet.The yard is quiet.The creek is quietly gurgling.Then...tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat! A red-capped woodpecker starts his rap for the day. Next comes nine soft coos from the mourning doves,...
Mathematickles!
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steven Salerno
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: June 20, 2006
Ages: 5 - 10
Follow a girl and her cat as they walk through the seasons, and note the mathematical concepts illustrated around them.This unique collection of math-poems addresses the principles of addition, subtraction, division, simple...
Castaway Cats
By: Lisa Wheeler
Cover By: Ponder Goembel / Illustrated by: Ponder Goembel
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 6, 2006
Ages: 4 - 7
A storm, a shipwreck,an ongoing ocean,then finally, finallya deserted isle. . . .Safety -- but wait!The fifteen swimmersbraving the wavesare, after all . . . kitties.They are not intocooperatinguntil, untilon this desert...
Way Far Away on a Wild Safari
By: Jan Peck
Illustrated by: Valeria Petrone
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Grab your binocularsand follow me.Let's travel far awayon a wild safari.There are lots of fun trails!Many sights to see!As we hike, hike, hike,on this wild safari.
Old Cricket
By: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrated by: Ponder Goembel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Old Cricket tells his missus why he can't fix the roof -- "I woke with a creak in my knee, dear wife."He tells Cousin Katydid why he can't pick berries -- "I woke with a creak in my knee and a crick in my neck."He tells Uncle...
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When You Are Happy
By: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by: Geraldo Valerio
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: April 11, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
When you are afraidI will take your handand not let go--In this delightful and lyrical text by renowned children's author Eileen Spinelli, a young girl finds reassurance from all of her family members and learns that love...
Cha-Cha Chimps
By: Julia Durango
Illustrated by: Eleanor Taylor
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 7, 2006
Ages: 2 - 6
Counting and dancing gohand in hand at Mambo Jamba's,the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarenaand ten little chimps do the Cha -- Cha -- Cha until Mama Chimps says,"Time for bed!"
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Who Said Boo?
A Lift-the-Flap Book
By: Phyllis Root
Illustrated by: Ana Martín Larrañaga
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: August 9, 2005
Ages: 2 - 5
Someone said boo!But who?Lift the flapsof this silly mysteryto find outwho's the spookiestcharacter of all!
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?
By: Karla Kuskin
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 31, 2005
Ages: 3 - 8
So, what's it like to be a cat?I'm very glad you asked me that.Are cats afraid of the dark? Where do they prefer to sleep? What time do cats eat their breakfast? And what do they really think of dogs (and people!)? The...
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This Is the Van That Dad Cleaned
By: Lisa Campbell Ernst
Illustrated by: Lisa Campbell Ernst
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: April 26, 2005
Ages: 3 - 7
A father's work is never....
Counting Our Way to the 100th Day!
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steven Salerno
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: June 29, 2004
Ages: 4 - 8
Join the counting fun!It takes just a poem a day to count down to the 100th day of school!Keep count with numbers.Keep count with stars.Keep count with beansin a big glass jar.Keep a long tallyand keep count with pins.Keep...
Wonderful Words
Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Illustrated by: Karen Barbour / Selected by: Lee Bennett Hopkins
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2004
Ages: 6 - 11
Come, words, come in your every color.Whether we are sharing poems or secrets, acting onstage, or just telling jokes, the words we use are our best friends. Join acclaimed poet Lee Bennett Hopkins in this glorious collection...
Ellington Was Not a Street
By: Ntozake Shange
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2004
Ages: 5 - 11
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in...
Knock on Wood
Poems About Superstitions
By: Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 7 - 10
What superstitions do you follow?In this collection of original poems, accomplished poet Janet S. Wong explores seventeen superstitions, some common, others that are less known, and delves into their origins as well as their...
Fireflies at Midnight
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Ken Robbins
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2003
Ages: 5 - 9
A robin cheerfully greets the day at dawn.A horse nibbles grass under the heat of the midday sun.A rabbit stands still, disappearing into the grass at dusk.As evening falls, a frog tells the world that he's the king of the...
Here's What You Do When You Can't Find Your Shoe
(Ingenious Inventions for Pesky Problems)
By: Andrea Perry
Illustrated by: Alan Snow
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2003
Ages: 4 - 8
Do spiders make you squirm? Stop turning down picnic invitations today and get a Super Spider Spotter. You'll never be surprised by one again!Are you a messy eater? Buy a Crumbunny and watch it nibble up your problems! Is it...
The Spider and the Fly
By: Mary Howitt
Illustrated by: Tony DiTerlizzi
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2002
Ages: above 6
"'Will you walk into my parlor,'said the Spider to the Fly..."is easily one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. But do you have any idea how the age-old tale of the Spider and the Fly ends?...
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
By: Shel Silverstein
Illustrated by: Shel Silverstein
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2002
Ages: 3 - 7
Shel SilversteinWho wants a cheapRhinoceros?Looking for a new pet? Bored with cats, dogs, goldfish, gerbils, and hamsters? How about a cheap rhinoceros?Shel Silverstein's loving look at the joys of rhino ownership may convince...
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
By: Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by: Tim Bowers
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 9
Sometimes I wonderdo lions use irons,Do poodleseat noodles,Can chickensread Dickens...WHAT'S THAT? You don't know the answers, you haven't a clue? That's okay -- sometimes it's fun just to wonder. In this collection of playful...
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit
And Other Museum Poems
By: Susan Katz
Illustrated by: R.W. Alley
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 10
Mrs. Brown loves museums -- and so does her class! In fact, these cultural connoisseurs are just wild about field trips. Whether it's sneaking up on an ancient Egyptian mummy, walking into a room of fluttering butterflies, or...
Spectacular Science
A Book of Poems
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Virginia Halstead
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 5 - 8
Science is about questions --asking them, searching for answers -- as Lee Bennett Hopkins shows in this brilliant collection of poems.With sensitivity and wonder, poets explore biology, chemistry, physics, and more. They ask...
If the Shoe Fits
Voices From Cinderella
By: Laura Whipple
Illustrated by: Laura Beingessner
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella takes a fresh look at an old and favorite story. In thirty-three poems it brings to life not only the voices of well-loved characters, but also voices of characters not usually heard...
Give Yourself to the Rain
Poems for the Very Young
By: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by: Teri Weidner
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 8
Margaret Wise Brown once observed, "To write well for children, one must love the things that children love." And write well for children she did -- with a deep love for and a keen perception of all things great and small in...
Doodle Dandies
Poems That Take Shape
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by: Lisa Desimini
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 8
Iamaneedleofsteelglass &cement102storieshigh on a clearday you can see200miles out into theAtlantic or watchhundreds of antsscurrying likepeople on the sidewalksbelow & the yellowbugs racing recklesslyalong the city streets...
The Flag of Childhood
Poems From the Middle East
Cover By: Suleiman Mansour / Selected by: Naomi Shihab Nye
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
In this stirring anthology of sixty poems from the Middle East, honored anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye welcomes us to this lush, vivid world and beckons us to explore. Eloquent pieces from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, and...
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Marvelous Math
A Book of Poems
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Karen Barbour
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2001
Ages: 5 - 8
Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
By: Ashley Bryan
Illustrated by: Ashley Bryan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2001
Ages: 4 - 8
"And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said:I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world." -- James Weldon JohnsonThus begins Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's collection of inspiring excerpts of poems by...
The Movable Mother Goose
By: Robert Sabuda
Illustrated by: Robert Sabuda
This edition: Novelty, 12 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1999
Ages: 3 - 7
Robert Sabuda's The Movable Mother Goose puts a new spin on traditional nursery rhymes as they come alive in a glorious explosion of color!This pop-up extravaganza by award winner Robert Sabuda is destined to become a new...
The Tree Is Older Than You Are
A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1998
Ages: 7 - 10
A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes
By: Linda Yeatman
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: April 16, 1984
Ages: 4 - 8
A new collection of old and familiar nursery rhymes -- rhymes that stay alive from generation to generation because they move in lively rhythms. The words of these old favorites roll easily from the tongue, whether they be...
Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month! Share some poems with your students today
Pond Circle
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Stefano Vitale
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 9, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
One summer night by a small pond, mayflies dart, beetles dive, frogs spring, skunks shuffle, and owls swoop. As a young girl watches, the circle of life unfolds.The rhythmic, cumulative story and rich, luminous paintings...
The Underwear Salesman
And Other Jobs for Better or Verse
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by: Serge Bloch
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 7 - 10
Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator?Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor?Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat?No?Well, look inside.
What's the Weather Inside?
By: Karma Wilson
Illustrated by: Barry Blitt
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 6 - 10
Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet's revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and...
Other Formats: eBook
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirrorthe rugged raccoonadmires his faceby the light of the moon:the mysterious mask,the whiskers beneath,the sliver of cricketstill stuck in his teeth.Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the forest...
Dinothesaurus
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
By: Douglas Florian
Illustrated by: Douglas Florian
This edition: Hardcover, 56 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: above 6
This book is full of dinosaurs,Both carnivores and herbivores.You'll find a big Iguanodon,As well as a clever Tro-o-don.There's Spinosaurus and T. rex,Plus plesiosaurs with giant necks,And others from an ancient age.Want to...
Going, Going, Gone!
And Other Silly Dilly Sports Songs
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: David Catrow
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: 3 - 8
Calling all silly dilly fans!Get ready to take a giant time-out for laughs, 'cause the bestselling creators of Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs and Are You Quite Polite? Silly Dilly Manners Songs are back...
Word Builder
By: Ann Whitford Paul
Illustrated by: Kurt Cyrus
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: 5 - 7
Begin your new construction with twenty-six letters...Where would a sentence be without words? And what's a word without letters? Just like when constructing a building, you have to build your words from the ground up!Foreman...
Bella & Bean
By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Illustrated by: Aileen Leijten
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Bella wants to write poems.Bean wants to go for a walk.Bella wants to write poems.Bean wants Bella to look at her cute toes.Could these two best friends be more different? But as Bean's attempt to coax Bella away from her...
My People
By: Langston Hughes
Illustrated by: Charles R. Smith Jr.
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribue to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the...
Sleepsong
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by: Peter Catalanotto
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: December 23, 2008
Ages: 1 - 4
It's time.Bears, birds, cats, whales, oceans the earth itself must call it a day.Just the time to pick out this book, climb on a lap, and listen.Just the time to watch the light rise and fall at the corners of your eyes - to...
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry
By: Various
Afterword by: Steven Kellogg / Edited By: Bill Martin Jr. / Foreword by: Eric Carle / Illustrated by: Various / with: Michael Sampson
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: November 4, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
The definitive anthology of children's poetry, collected by a beloved authorYears in the making, this full-color treasury contains nearly two hundred poems, all of them handpicked by Bill Martin Jr. Traditional children's...
Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails
Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds.Poet Betsy...
Boogie Knights
By: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrated by: Mark Siegel
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
Place: the castleTime: lateEvent: the Madcap Monster Ball, the rockin'-estknee-knockin'-estbeboppin'-estparty of them all.It's impossible to sleep through.Just ask the princeOr his off-the-wall princessOr any of their...
Oops!
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: Edward Koren
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Find your funny bone and grab your giggles!You're about to embark on an adventure through the hilarious landscape created by ALAN KATZ and EDWARD KOREN. From the kingdom of His Royal Sloppiness (also known as the prince of...
America at War
Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Edited By: Lee Bennett Hopkins / Illustrated by: Stephen Alcorn
This edition: Hardcover, 96 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: above 8
In this ever-timely collection of more than fifty poems and paintingsdivided into eight sections, one of America's most distinguished poets and anthologists, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and internationally acclaimed painter and...
Angels Watching Over Me
Adapted by: Julia Durango / Illustrated by: Elisa Kleven
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: 2 - 5
Every hour...every minute...every second...angels...watching...over...me.What better way to reassure a young child than with the words of a soft, soothing spiritual exuberantly expanded by author Julia Durango and intricately...
If
A Father's Advice to His Son
By: Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by: Charles R. Smith Jr.
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: above 6
What makes a boy into a man?Courage.Confidence.Patience.Integrity...For more than one hundred years, this classic poems has inspired readers to reach for the best in themselves.In pictures and words, here's what every boy...
Today at the Bluebird Cafe
A Branchful of Birds
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 4 - 10
It's all-you-can-eatat the Bluebird Café,A grasshopper-katydid-cricket buffet,with berries and snailsand a bluebottle fly,a sip of the lakeand a bite of the sky.A world of birds unfolds in twenty-two vivid poems that...
Twist
Yoga Poems
By: Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Come explore yoga in a new way with TWIST,a collection of sixteen original poems sure to inspire even the youngest yogi! Feel the damp soil beneath you as Cobra, and grab hold of a star as Half-Moon. From Low Crow to Eagle and...
Birdsongs
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 3 - 7
The sky is quiet.The yard is quiet.The creek is quietly gurgling.Then...tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat! A red-capped woodpecker starts his rap for the day. Next comes nine soft coos from the mourning doves,...
Mathematickles!
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steven Salerno
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: June 20, 2006
Ages: 5 - 10
Follow a girl and her cat as they walk through the seasons, and note the mathematical concepts illustrated around them.This unique collection of math-poems addresses the principles of addition, subtraction, division, simple...
Castaway Cats
By: Lisa Wheeler
Cover By: Ponder Goembel / Illustrated by: Ponder Goembel
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 6, 2006
Ages: 4 - 7
A storm, a shipwreck,an ongoing ocean,then finally, finallya deserted isle. . . .Safety -- but wait!The fifteen swimmersbraving the wavesare, after all . . . kitties.They are not intocooperatinguntil, untilon this desert...
Way Far Away on a Wild Safari
By: Jan Peck
Illustrated by: Valeria Petrone
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Grab your binocularsand follow me.Let's travel far awayon a wild safari.There are lots of fun trails!Many sights to see!As we hike, hike, hike,on this wild safari.
Old Cricket
By: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrated by: Ponder Goembel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Old Cricket tells his missus why he can't fix the roof -- "I woke with a creak in my knee, dear wife."He tells Cousin Katydid why he can't pick berries -- "I woke with a creak in my knee and a crick in my neck."He tells Uncle...
Other Formats: Hardcover
When You Are Happy
By: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by: Geraldo Valerio
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: April 11, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
When you are afraidI will take your handand not let go--In this delightful and lyrical text by renowned children's author Eileen Spinelli, a young girl finds reassurance from all of her family members and learns that love...
Cha-Cha Chimps
By: Julia Durango
Illustrated by: Eleanor Taylor
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 7, 2006
Ages: 2 - 6
Counting and dancing gohand in hand at Mambo Jamba's,the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarenaand ten little chimps do the Cha -- Cha -- Cha until Mama Chimps says,"Time for bed!"
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Who Said Boo?
A Lift-the-Flap Book
By: Phyllis Root
Illustrated by: Ana Martín Larrañaga
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: August 9, 2005
Ages: 2 - 5
Someone said boo!But who?Lift the flapsof this silly mysteryto find outwho's the spookiestcharacter of all!
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?
By: Karla Kuskin
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 31, 2005
Ages: 3 - 8
So, what's it like to be a cat?I'm very glad you asked me that.Are cats afraid of the dark? Where do they prefer to sleep? What time do cats eat their breakfast? And what do they really think of dogs (and people!)? The...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
This Is the Van That Dad Cleaned
By: Lisa Campbell Ernst
Illustrated by: Lisa Campbell Ernst
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: April 26, 2005
Ages: 3 - 7
A father's work is never....
Counting Our Way to the 100th Day!
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steven Salerno
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: June 29, 2004
Ages: 4 - 8
Join the counting fun!It takes just a poem a day to count down to the 100th day of school!Keep count with numbers.Keep count with stars.Keep count with beansin a big glass jar.Keep a long tallyand keep count with pins.Keep...
Wonderful Words
Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Illustrated by: Karen Barbour / Selected by: Lee Bennett Hopkins
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2004
Ages: 6 - 11
Come, words, come in your every color.Whether we are sharing poems or secrets, acting onstage, or just telling jokes, the words we use are our best friends. Join acclaimed poet Lee Bennett Hopkins in this glorious collection...
Ellington Was Not a Street
By: Ntozake Shange
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2004
Ages: 5 - 11
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in...
Knock on Wood
Poems About Superstitions
By: Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 7 - 10
What superstitions do you follow?In this collection of original poems, accomplished poet Janet S. Wong explores seventeen superstitions, some common, others that are less known, and delves into their origins as well as their...
Fireflies at Midnight
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Ken Robbins
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2003
Ages: 5 - 9
A robin cheerfully greets the day at dawn.A horse nibbles grass under the heat of the midday sun.A rabbit stands still, disappearing into the grass at dusk.As evening falls, a frog tells the world that he's the king of the...
Here's What You Do When You Can't Find Your Shoe
(Ingenious Inventions for Pesky Problems)
By: Andrea Perry
Illustrated by: Alan Snow
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2003
Ages: 4 - 8
Do spiders make you squirm? Stop turning down picnic invitations today and get a Super Spider Spotter. You'll never be surprised by one again!Are you a messy eater? Buy a Crumbunny and watch it nibble up your problems! Is it...
The Spider and the Fly
By: Mary Howitt
Illustrated by: Tony DiTerlizzi
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2002
Ages: above 6
"'Will you walk into my parlor,'said the Spider to the Fly..."is easily one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. But do you have any idea how the age-old tale of the Spider and the Fly ends?...
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
By: Shel Silverstein
Illustrated by: Shel Silverstein
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2002
Ages: 3 - 7
Shel SilversteinWho wants a cheapRhinoceros?Looking for a new pet? Bored with cats, dogs, goldfish, gerbils, and hamsters? How about a cheap rhinoceros?Shel Silverstein's loving look at the joys of rhino ownership may convince...
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles
By: Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by: Tim Bowers
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 9
Sometimes I wonderdo lions use irons,Do poodleseat noodles,Can chickensread Dickens...WHAT'S THAT? You don't know the answers, you haven't a clue? That's okay -- sometimes it's fun just to wonder. In this collection of playful...
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit
And Other Museum Poems
By: Susan Katz
Illustrated by: R.W. Alley
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 10
Mrs. Brown loves museums -- and so does her class! In fact, these cultural connoisseurs are just wild about field trips. Whether it's sneaking up on an ancient Egyptian mummy, walking into a room of fluttering butterflies, or...
Spectacular Science
A Book of Poems
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Virginia Halstead
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 5 - 8
Science is about questions --asking them, searching for answers -- as Lee Bennett Hopkins shows in this brilliant collection of poems.With sensitivity and wonder, poets explore biology, chemistry, physics, and more. They ask...
If the Shoe Fits
Voices From Cinderella
By: Laura Whipple
Illustrated by: Laura Beingessner
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella takes a fresh look at an old and favorite story. In thirty-three poems it brings to life not only the voices of well-loved characters, but also voices of characters not usually heard...
Give Yourself to the Rain
Poems for the Very Young
By: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by: Teri Weidner
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 8
Margaret Wise Brown once observed, "To write well for children, one must love the things that children love." And write well for children she did -- with a deep love for and a keen perception of all things great and small in...
Doodle Dandies
Poems That Take Shape
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by: Lisa Desimini
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 8
Iamaneedleofsteelglass &cement102storieshigh on a clearday you can see200miles out into theAtlantic or watchhundreds of antsscurrying likepeople on the sidewalksbelow & the yellowbugs racing recklesslyalong the city streets...
The Flag of Childhood
Poems From the Middle East
Cover By: Suleiman Mansour / Selected by: Naomi Shihab Nye
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
In this stirring anthology of sixty poems from the Middle East, honored anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye welcomes us to this lush, vivid world and beckons us to explore. Eloquent pieces from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, and...
Other Formats: eBook
Marvelous Math
A Book of Poems
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Karen Barbour
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2001
Ages: 5 - 8
Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
By: Ashley Bryan
Illustrated by: Ashley Bryan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2001
Ages: 4 - 8
"And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said:I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world." -- James Weldon JohnsonThus begins Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's collection of inspiring excerpts of poems by...
The Movable Mother Goose
By: Robert Sabuda
Illustrated by: Robert Sabuda
This edition: Novelty, 12 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1999
Ages: 3 - 7
Robert Sabuda's The Movable Mother Goose puts a new spin on traditional nursery rhymes as they come alive in a glorious explosion of color!This pop-up extravaganza by award winner Robert Sabuda is destined to become a new...
The Tree Is Older Than You Are
A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1998
Ages: 7 - 10
A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes
By: Linda Yeatman
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: April 16, 1984
Ages: 4 - 8
A new collection of old and familiar nursery rhymes -- rhymes that stay alive from generation to generation because they move in lively rhythms. The words of these old favorites roll easily from the tongue, whether they be...
St. Patrick's Day
Spread the luck of the Irish with these books from Simon & Schuster.
Too Many Leprechauns
Or How That Pot o' Gold Got to the End of the Rainbow
By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by: Dan Andreasen
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
On St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns are lucky. But on every other day of the year, they make for noisy neighbors -- and they're turning the entire town of Dingle upside down! Fortunately, Finn O'Finnegan always has a clever plan...
The Luck of the Irish
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara and Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
It's St. Patrick's Day! Katie makes shamrocks to help celebrate and ends up learning what it means to be lucky.
