Here are some more poetry books I have in our school library. I have not reviewed these books but my teachers have found them to be useful. Hope you find something you like.
An Arkful of Animals. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978.
Dickinson, Emily. I’m Nobody! Who are you? : poems of Emily Dickinson for children. Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House Publishers, 1978.
—. Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson. New York: Sterling Pub., Co., 1994.
Florian, Doug. Insectlopedia: poems and paintings. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1998.
Frost, Robert. Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost. New York: Sterling Pub., Co., 1994.
Hollander, John. Poetry for Young People: American Poetry. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2004.
Hughes, Langston. Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes. New York: Sterling Pub., Co., 2006
Lansky, Bruce. Kids Pick the Funniest Poems. New York: Meadowbrook Press, 1991.
Lear, Edward. The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear. New York: Dover Publications, 1951.
—. Daffy down dillies: silly limericks. Honesdale, PA: Caroline House, 1992.
—. The Owl and the Pussycat and other Silly-time Tales. New Jersey: The Unicorn Publishing House, 1990.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere’s Ride. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1996.
Nadel, Marc. Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong, 2003.
Prelutsky, Jack. The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002.
—. My Dog May be a Genius: poems. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2008.
—. A Pizza the Size of the Sun: Poems. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996.
Silverstein, Shel. A Light in the Attic. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
—. Runny Babbit: a billy sook. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses. New York: Children’s Classics, 1985.
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An Arkful of Animals
I’m Nobody! Who Are You? (Scholastic Classics) by Dickinson, Emily (2002) Mass Market Paperback
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
American Poetry (Poetry for Young People)
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
Kids Pick The Funniest Poems
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
Daffy-Down-Dillies
The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Silly-Time Tales by Edward Lear (1992-04-01)
Paul Revere’s Ride
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry (2003-06-01)
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders
My Dog May Be a Genius
A Pizza the Size of the Sun
A Light in the Attic Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
A Child’s Garden of Verses
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