Rosen – Watercolor illustrations and bird poems by season are fantastic in this popular children’s book. The Cuckoo’s Haiku: and Other Birding Poems by Michael J. Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka – Poems in the shape of what the poem is about! This is a playful and imaginative book that will help young readers to understand poetic turn, double meaning, and many other interesting parts of poetry.

Plus, it offers 36 short poems to coincide with the different seasons of the year. Janeczko – This book is bright and cheerful. So here are our favorite children’s poetry books to inspire your own little poets.įirefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Poetry Teatime has become a big deal in our home! My kiddos beg for poetry weekly and they are always coming up with silly rhymes, tongue twisters, and little poems of their own. When I discovered that the Brave Writer Lifestyle encouraged poetry with children. I hope to instill a love of poetry into my own children. Poets such as Emily Dickinson, Robert Loius Stevenson, and Walt Witman left their poetic marks on me.

I adored that poem so much that I memorized it and carried it with me through college where I discovered more wonderful works. I was never a lover of poetry until I discovered Robert Frost and his “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…” in ninth grade. 20 Favorite Children’s Poetry Books and Poetry Teatime Please read my disclosure statement for more information. Through poetry, they learn the joy of play on words, puns, and metaphors all while using their imaginations. Children’s poetry books are a rich way for kids to enjoy limericks, poetic stanzas, tongue twisters, and rhymes.

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