The Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2020
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1998 -- honors the best poetry book of the year
Sponsored by Bank Street College of Education Center for Children's Literature

- 470 Resources including
- 44 Videos
- 17 Book Readings
- 44 Lesson Plans
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Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, and Polly Dunbar
(Winner, 2008)
25 Resources3 Awards

Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys
by Bob Raczka and Peter H. Reynolds
(Winner, 2011)
25 Resources4 Awards

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Winner, 2018)
22 Resources8 Awards



A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
(Winner, 2006)
21 Resources6 Awards


Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Winner, 2010)
20 Resources6 Awards

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
(Winner, 2015)
20 Resources9 Awards



Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
(Winner, 2013)
16 Resources3 Awards


The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
by Allan Wolf
(Winner, 2012)
14 Resources3 Awards

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
(Winner, 2017)
13 Resources6 Awards

Yesterday I Had the Blues
by Jeron Ashford Frame and R. Gregory Christie
(Honor, 2004)
12 Resources3 Awards

Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
by Kristine O'Connell George and Nancy Carpenter
(Winner, 2012)
12 Resources4 Awards

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
(Winner, 2014)
12 Resources2 Awards

Little Dog and Duncan
by Kristine O'Connell George and June Otani
(Winner, 2003)
10 Resources2 Awards


Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
by Sonya Sones
(Winner, 2000)
9 Resources3 Awards

I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
by Catherine Clinton and Stephen Alcorn
(Winner, 1999)
6 Resources1 Awards

The Invisible Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers
(Winner, 1998)
5 Resources2 Awards