West Routt Library District

"[This] title introduces readers to cinquain poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own cinquain poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards"--Publisher's website.

Presents timeless treasures from the world of poetry, including classics by William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Langston Hughes and William Carlos Williams. Let the ryhmes and rhythms transport you and encourage your child to develop a lifelong love of the music of words.

Each title introduces readers to haiku poems. Fun themed chapters help inspire budding poets to write their own haiku poems about nature, food, sports, and more. Example poems in each chapter serve as guides to spark creativity. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Barbour's vivid and fanciful illustrations perfectly complement this festive collection of poems that celebrates the magic of language. Includes selections by Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, Nikkie Grimes, and others.

Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.

"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet." -- Jacket.

This collection of poems, told from the perspective of a young girl, celebrates family life throughout the yearly cycle of seasons.

In this charming rendition of the classic Chistmas poem, Mary Engelbreit reimagines the fabled night that a jolly intruder gives one family an enchanting Christmas Eve that they'll never forget.

"The story of Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor, who created the first automatic three-way traffic signal system"--

Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.