From bells that ring to kids with swing, this witty rhyming book relishes the many pleasures of going to school. Clever wordplay and exuberant illustrations capture the rhythms of the school day, from the first bell to the last assembly.
Explores the world of friendship through poems meant for rapping. Includes suggestions for how to create raps about friends.
Explores the world of school through poems meant for rapping. Includes suggestions for how to create raps about school.
Explores the world of space through poems meant for rapping. Includes suggestions for how to create raps about space.
Explores the world of sports through poems meant for rapping. Includes suggestions for how to create raps about sports.
Explores the human body through poems meant for rapping. Includes suggestions for how to create raps about the body.
Combining musical rhythms and scientific information, students will explore the world of animals through poems meant for rapping.
This fun book provides a logical plan for creating concrete poems - a poetic form in which the text creates a shape that mimics its subject. Tips are included for choosing workable topics, arranging words on the page, and making the most of white space.
Haiku is a form of short poem that features a set number of syllables. This engaging book describes how to create haiku focusing on setting, seasonal words, and making every word count. As they write their own haiku, readers will learn what else matters besides counting syllables.
In this delightful book, readers will learn how to write poems in a five-line poetic form called a cinquain. Examples help show budding poets how to condense text while using natural sentence structure in writing their own cinquains. Easy-to-understand text encourages concrete language, highlights imagery, and provides hints for creating effective titles.
List poetry includes a number of forms that rely on parallel structure, repetition, and line breaks. This fascinating book gives readers useful instructions for writing a variety of list poems, including acrostics, biopoems, and riddle poems.
A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini.
The polar bear is known by many names in different languages—White Bear, Ice Bear, Sea Bear. It is Sailor of the Icebergs, Whale’s Curse, Seal’s Dread. It is the animal deserving of great respect, the Ever-wandering One, the Master of Helping Spirits, Grandfather, or God’s Dog. Whatever its name, what is certain is that this majestic, Arctic animal is threatened by extinction and in need of human protection before it disappears from our world forever.
An elephant stops by a child's house and offers to work but runs away when the child's mother gives it a laundry list of tasks to complete.
A little girl wants the loud wind to sing her a soft song. But when the flowers bloom Mr. Wind goes away.
A little boy explains everything he does in the big soft chair over the course of a day.
Goosey-Gog and Ducketty-Duck go for a walk and get stuck in the mud. Chicken comes along with his truck and helps them out but the truck slips into the mud and leaves them all stuck.
A poem about rabbits and their shadows in the moonlight.
A prince is relieved of his 'grumps' when children come to play.
This poem describes what might happen if moose go walking "barefoot" in the mud.
A tea party is more fun with Miss Mouse Miss Cat and Pup Dog as guests!
In this four line poem leaves are compared to scraps of fabric in a quilt.
The reissue of Edith Baer's classic poem is a celebration of the power of kind words.
From acclaimed U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis comes a delightful exploration of the wildlife easily found in our backyards and along the seashore. Simple rhymes and riddles are used to help the youngest of readers identify our wildlife neighbors, including birds, small mammals, and insects.
