Poetry isn't just for poetry month. Whether in picture book or novel form, poetry has the ability to reach the hearts, change the minds, and nourish the souls of our readers.
Picture Books:
BookSpeak!: Poems About Books by Laura Purdie Salas
Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia MacLahlan
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape by J. Patrick Lewis
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways by Avis Harley
Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Your Skeleton is Showing: Rhymes of Blunder From Six Feet Under by Kurt Cyrus
Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Poetry and Color by Mary O'Neill
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Novels in Verse:
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds¬â€
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