children's poetry

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children's poetry

A fox jumped up one winter's night

1985
A fox hunts down dinner for his ten kits in this illustrated nursery rhyme accompanied by a musical score.

Volcano wakes up!

Presents a collection of poems from five different viewpoints describing the course of one day on an imaginary Hawaiian volcano.

The year of goodbyes

a true story of friendship, family and farewells
Based on Jutta Salzberg's autograph book that contained entries written by friends and family, it chronicles 1938, the last year Jutta and her Jewish family lived in Nazi Germany before their subsequent escape to Paris and, eventually, the United States. Includes black-and-white photos and provides an afterward depicting the fate of the people in Jutta's book.

In the wild

A collection of poems and color woodcut illustrations featuring wild animals. Covers animals such as the jaguar, the panda, and the polar bear.

Doodle dandies

poems that take shape
A collection of poems each of which appears on the page in the shape of its subject so that the poem looks like whatever it's about.

Very short Mother Goose tales to read together

2012
Presents reworked nursery rhymes inviting young readers to read along with an adult. Each selection features color-coded typography and humorous illustrations. Includes rhymes such as "Humpty Dumpty," "Jack Sprat," "Little Miss Muffet," "Old Mother Hubbard," "Simple Simon," and "Baa Baa black sheep.".

The new kid on the block

poems
Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.

In the land of words

new and selected poems
A collection of children's poems.

Edgar Allan Poe's pie

math puzzlers in classic poems
Presents a collection of math puzzles inspired by classic poems by Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, and other poets. Includes poet biographies.

Over in the meadow

2011
An adaptation of the old counting rhyme about meadow animals and their activities. Includes music score.

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