 | Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $0.01 If you've never read Prelutsky, you should. He writes funny and relevant poems for kids and is very good at his craft!
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 | The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky
Buy new: $15.83 / Used from: $0.10 Another Prelutsky. This one is less humorous, but takes a crack at poetry about different sorts of dragons!
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 | The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $1.44 A famous poem that you can share with your child about a true historical event. The phrasing and vocab is complex, but it's worth exposing kids to.
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 | Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Buy new: $14.81 / Used from: $0.48 Shel Silverstein is the late, great master of children's poetry. You can't go wrong with his collections. Funny, thoughtful and whimsical.
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 | April Bubbles Chocolate by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Buy used from: $0.14 One of the surprising little poetry books that takes a tour of the alphabet and the seasons--I quite enjoy using it.
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 | Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.94 Sometimes it takes two to tango, or to read a poem! Joyful noise requires reading aloud for two--can be a great way to share a poem with your child!
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 | If Not for the Cat (Horn Book Fanfare List (Awards)) by Jack Prelutsky
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $4.69 This is my new favorite by Prelutsky. Each page features a haiku about an animal that's pictured on the page. Have the children try to guess the animal without seeing the page.
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 | Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny by Bill Grossman
Buy used from: $1.91 For the very silly and gross, try Grossman's book! Most of these will cause snickers and howling laughter for fourth and fifth graders.
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 | Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $5.00 I can't help it, I'm a librarian. This one just delighted me. ^_^
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 | Fold Me a Poem by Kristine O'Connell George
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $7.45 For the more tactile child, these poems come complete with origami instructions so that the child can create with paper and connect that to poetry.
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 | A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Kady MacDonald Denton
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $7.07 Nursery Rhymes are poetry too! Don't forget to include your youngest listeners for poetry month.
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 | Come With Me : Poems for a Journey by Naomi Shihab Nye
Buy new: $14.03 / Used from: $6.75 |
 | The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $4.56 Some great stuff, funny story type poems and others that will tickle listeners!
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 | One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Mannis
Buy new: $12.47 / Used from: $1.83 Combine haiku and counting in this lovely little book. A young Chinese girl walks along outside and counts different objects, each with its own haiku.
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 | Cool Salsa by Lori Carlson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.31 For an older bilingual audience, this book offers poems both in English and Spanish.
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 | Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $1.00 Every kid knows about disasters of these sort. A great book of poems for a younger audience of grade-schoolers.
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 | Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) by Al Perkins
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 Can't seem to find the original book (don't get the board book!) for this list. For the very young, this is a fabulous intro to rhyme, beat and onomatopoeia.
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 | Horton Hears A Who! by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.18 Have children listen to a story-poem like Horton, without letting on it is poetry until the end. Many will be surprised they like poetry!
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