Summary: A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the poets, brief biographical background, and illustrations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1998

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Summary: This is one of the most popular collections of funny poetry for kids ever published. It's a classic because it's the first collection of poems selected by kids! It includes clever creations from some of the most popular names in children's poetry, including Bill Dodds, Timothy Tocher, Joyce Armor, Robert Pottle, Bruce Lansky, and Kenn Nesbitt. Humorous illustrations by Stephen Carpenter make...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Meadowbrook Press 1991

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Summary: An anthology of short poems inspired by food, from soup to dessert, and written by such poets as Lewis Carroll, Douglas Florian, A.A. Milne, and Edward Lear.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2004

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Bruchac, Joseph

Summary: Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1992

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Summary: Over 100 poems reflect the rich and varied experiences of life, from music lessons and a circus parade to a first kiss and other affairs of the heart.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1987

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Summary: A collection of poems by a variety of authors celebrating the joys of canines, from puppies to old hounds, from Chihuahuas to mongrels.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1990

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Summary: A collection of poems on different subjects and in different styles, that lend themselves to memorization.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cricket Books 2002

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Summary: A collection of humorous poems by writers including Ellen Raskin, Karla Kuskin, Ogden Nash, and Arnold Lobel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991

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Summary: Contains a collection of poetry that spans two centuries and provides a diverse point of view of American life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004

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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh)

Summary: A selection of works from American and British poets. It includes the poetry of William Blake, Robert Burns, George Crabbe, Philip Freneau, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Hartley Coleridge, William Cullen Bryant, Walter Savage Landor, Thomas Moore, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Darley, John Keats, Leigh Hunt, Thomas...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1982

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Summary: This anthology features poems by Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Donald Hall, Marie Howe, Naomi Shihab Nye and many others. These poets, from all walks of life, and from all over America, prove to us the possibility of creating in our lives what Dr. Martin Luther King called the "beloved community," a place where we see each other as the neighbors we already are. Healing the Divide urges us, at this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Writers Press 2019

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Summary: The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry--"one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets)--now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review.Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry. The Washington Post said of the 2017 edition, "The poems...have a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner Poetry 2019

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Giovanni, Nikki.

Summary: Collection of 80 new poems and prose pieces including some about slavery, Rosa Parks, Hurricane Katrina, Emmett Till, Nina Simone, Dorothy Height, Mari Evans, Gwendolyn Brooks, June Jordan, Richard Fewell, the Ishley Brothers, Jackie Robinson, librarians, and libraries.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007

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Summary: The anthology includes a mix of genres: poems, personal narratives, letters, scholarly essays, news articles, excerpts from plays, mission statements, lyrics, and herstories looking across time, generational, and geographic boundaries. Each piece is unique. Together they open a window that reveals a range of Latina perspectives on important contemporary socio-economic-political and cultural...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Sugarcane Press, Inc. 2018

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