children's poetry

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children's poetry

Four & twenty dinosaurs

1990
Dinosaurs are substituted for the main characters in this illustrated collection of traditional nursery rhymes.

Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose

one hundred best-loved verses
2005
An illustrated collection of nearly one hundred nursery rhymes, including "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and other familiar poems, as well as "Mary had a Pretty Bird" and other less familiar ones.

Earthdance

1996
Readers are asked to picture themselves as the earth, turning in space, facing the light, feeling the green things growing and the oceans shifting.

Now we are six

1992
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.

Talking like the rain

a read-to me book of poems
1992
An illustrated collection of poems for very young children, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Shel Silverstein, and Jack Prelutsky.

Lemonade

and other poems squeezed from a single word
2011
Part anagram, part rebus, part riddle--these poems capture a scene from a child's daily life and present a puzzle to solve.

Dog days

rhymes around the year
1999
A spirited dog describes what he enjoys doing each month of the year.

Once upon a poem

favorite poems that tell stories
2004
Presents an illustrated collection of fifteen stories told in verse, including "Jabberwocky," "Paul Revere's Ride," and "A Visit from St. Nicholas.".

Three little kittens

2010
Presents the classic tale of three youngsters who are careless with their mittens, but who turn out to be good little kittens after all.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

2011
A little chipmunk is curious about the star he sees in the sky and goes on a quest to find out what it is.

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