From the July 27, 2008 Pigeon Post of the same name.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
What are your favorite collections of children's poetry?
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
What are your favorite collections of children's poetry?
Picture Books
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Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Felicia Bond Highly Recommended |
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Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh Highly Recommended |
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Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Ted Rand and illustrated by Ted Rand Highly Recommended |
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All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Mike Wimmer Highly Recommended |
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The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore and illustrated by Tasha Tudor Highly Recommended |
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe and illustrated by Ryan Price Highly Recommended |
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A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated by Tasha Tudor Highly Recommended |
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The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen and illustrated by David Shannon Highly Recommended |
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Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg and illustrated by Allan Ahlberg Recommended |
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Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended |
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Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Stephane Jorisch Recommended |
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Wynken, Blynken, and illustrated by Nod by Eugene Field and illustrated by Johanna Westerman Recommended |
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In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming Recommended |
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Recommended |
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Hush! by Minfong Ho and illustrated by Holly Meade Recommended |
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A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear Recommended |
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The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Jan Brett Recommended |
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Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne and illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard Recommended |
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When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne and illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard Recommended |
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The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash and illustrated by Bridget Starr Taylor Recommended |
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The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Recommended |
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My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Archibald Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Wells Recommended |
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The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Arnold Lobel Recommended |
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Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marc Tolon Brown Recommended |
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The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb Riley by James Whitcomb Riley Recommended |
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Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak Recommended |
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Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer and illustrated by Christopher H. Bing Recommended |
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The Edmund Fitzgerald by Kathy-Jo Wargin and illustrated by Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen Recommended |
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Flower Fairies of the Spring by Cicely Mary Barker Suggested |
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Nonsense Verse by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Lorna Hussey Suggested |
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Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and illustrated by Eric Beddows Suggested |
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This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie and illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen Suggested |
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Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy and illustrated by Jon J. Muth Suggested |
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Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Suggested |
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A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by James Stevenson Suggested |
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For Laughing Out Loud by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman Suggested |
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams Suggested |
Independent Reader
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Poems and Other Writings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by J. D. McClatchy Highly Recommended |
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Silver Pennies by Blanche Jennings Thompson Highly Recommended |
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Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Recommended |
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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Recommended |
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Falling Up by Shel Silverstein Recommended |
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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Recommended |
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Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Suggested |
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Rhymes and Verses by Walter De LA Mare and illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell Suggested |
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The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems by Donald Hall Suggested |
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Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill and illustrated by John Wallner Suggested |
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I Saw Esau by Iona Archibald Opie and Peter Opie and illustrated by Maurice Sendak Suggested |
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Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti Suggested |
Young Adult
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As I Walked Out One Evening by W. H. Auden and illustrated by Edward Mendelson Recommended |
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Beowulf by Seamus Heaney Recommended |
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Collected Poems of A. E. Housman by A. E. Housman Recommended |
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam and Edward Fitzgerald and illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan Recommended |
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Rudyard Kipling Complete Verse by Rudyard Kipling Recommended |
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The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson and illustrated by Genevieve Cote Recommended |
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake Suggested |
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Nine Horses by Billy Collins Suggested |
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Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins Suggested |
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