George, Kristine O’Connell. 2002. Little Dog and Duncan. Illustrated by June Otani. New York: Clarion Books.
Duncan comes to visit Little Dog in this series of poems by Kristine O’Connell George.
The narrator of these poems may be a little girl, but they certainly capture a dog’s mentality; in that respect, they are short, almost choppy takes [...]
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Little Dog and Duncan ~ Kristine O’Connell George
Posted in Poetry for Children on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
!Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes ~ Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy
Posted in Poetry for Children on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Selected by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. 2003. !Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Vivi Escriva. English Adaptations by Alice Schertle. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
!Pio Peep! is lovely collection of Spanish nursery rhymes for children, but also for older students just learning the language, or for ESL students. The side by [...]
My Song is Beautiful: Poems and Pictures in Many Voices ~ Mary Ann Hoberman
Posted in Poetry for Children on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman. 1994. My Song is Beautiful: Poems and Pictures in Many Voices. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
Bringing together various cultures, poets and illustrators, Hoberman tied the collection in My Song is Beautiful together with the themes of self-esteem and personal power. Each poem reflects on the individual, encouraging children to [...]
Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry ~ Jane Yolen & Andrew Fusek Peters
Posted in Poetry for Children on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters. 2007. Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry. Illustrated by Polly Dunbar. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Yolen and Peters have assembled a collection that includes perennial children’s favorites such as A.A. Milne, Rosemary Wells and Jack Prelutsky, while exposing children to the work of classics [...]
Toots the Cat: Poems ~ Karla Kuskin
Posted in Poetry for Children on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kuskin, Karla. 2005. Toots the Cat: Poems. Illustrated by Lisze Bechtold. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
In Toots the Cat, Kuskin has created a series of poems that tells the story of a cat who comes to visit, but ends up staying.
Capturing the essence of the animal in poems such as “Toots’s Ears” and “Hunting,” [...]
