Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Poetry - General

This collection of classic poems is ideal to read to a child at bedtime because each verse uses simple language that is lyrical and inviting. These poems transcend time and generations, taking a prolific place in our history. Yet, you can explore their many layers, digest their upfront meaning, or just enjoy how they sound. The photographs of wildlife and nature are also easy on the eyelids. Reading aloud to a child enriches both the heart and mind so take every opportunity to enjoy reading these enchanting words.

Based on work in Waldorf kindergartens, these six books provide invaluable material for working with young children and will be useful for...

Based on work in Waldorf kindergartens, these six books provide invaluable material for working with young children and will be useful for...

Based on work in Waldorf kindergartens, these six books provide invaluable material for working with young children and will be useful for...

The Gang of Five is back in this third story from Paintbrush Falls. Addie Carle, the only girl in the group of friends is outspoken, opinionated, and sometimes...just a bit obnoxious.

But as seventh grade progresses, Addie's not so sure anymore about who she is. It seems her tough exterior is just a little too tough and that doesn't help her deal with the turmoil she feels on the inside as...

This collection brings together the more than 250 children's poems Ted Hughes wrote throughout his career. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those published for younger readers and progressing to more complex and sophisticated poems that he felt were written "within hearing" of children. Throughout, Hughes reveals his instinctive grasp of a child's insatiable wonderment and sense of humor as well as his own instinctive and illuminating perspective on people and other creatures of the natural world.

With drawings that capture the wit, range, and richness of these poems,...

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory and pain of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents....