Poetry Essentials: Selected Books for Children and Teens
Created by Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
- 1,299 Resources including
- 99 Videos
- 61 Book Readings
- 116 Lesson Plans
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Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
42 Resources14 Awards

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
35 Resources7 Awards

Under the Mesquite
33 Resources12 Awards



We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
30 Resources1 Awards


Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, and Polly Dunbar
24 Resources3 Awards

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
23 Resources4 Awards



A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
22 Resources6 Awards






Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
by G. Brian Karas, Jane Yolen, and Andrew Fusek Peters
19 Resources1 Awards




Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
16 Resources7 Awards



When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
16 Resources8 Awards


A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
14 Resources1 Awards

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
14 Resources3 Awards





The Cuckoo's Haiku: And Other Birding Poems
by Michael J. Rosen and Stan Fellows
12 Resources1 Awards

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
by Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood
12 Resources3 Awards