Poetry Month | Recommended Children's Books
Updated February 21, 2017 |Factmonster Staff
Recommended Poetry Books for Kids
Odes and ditties for children (adults too!)
I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
I breathe fire as hot as the sun.
When a knight comes to fight
I just toast him on sight,
Like a hot crispy cinnamon bun.
—from "The Dragon of Grindly Grun" by Shel Silverstein
- The Adventures of IsabelbyOgden Nash
- A Book of NonsensebyEdward Lear
- Bratsby X. J. Kennedy
- The Dream Keeper and Other PoemsbyLangston Hughes
- Insectlopediaby Douglas Florian
- Joyful Noiseby Paul Fleischman
- Love That Dogby Sharon Creech
- My Life, My Love, My Lasagneby Steven Herrick
- Neighborhood OdesbyGary Soto
- The Paper Doorwayby Dean Koontz
- Polkabats and Octopus Slacksby Calef Brown
- 罗尔德·达尔的令人作呕的押韵by Roald Dahl
- Something Big Has Been Hereby Jack Prelutsky
- Street Rhymes Around the Worldby Jane Yolen
- Where the Sidewalk EndsbyShel Silverstein
