Latham, Irene
Summary: This beautiful poetry collection introduces readers to the art of found poetry as the poet writes a 37-line poem, "Nest," then finds 160 smaller poems within it. What can you find in a poem about a robin's nest? Irene Latham masterfully discovers "nestlings" or smaller poems about an astonishing variety of subjects--emotions, wild animals, natural landmarks on all seven continents, even planets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LATLimón, Ada
Summary: "An astonishing collection about interconnectedness--between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves--from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limón"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2022
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Summary: Simple poetic language and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals who are born during spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FROSierra, Judy.
Summary: Each of twenty-six poems describes the antics and habits of a zany classroom pet whose name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SierrFlorian, Douglas
Summary: A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 FLOHosford, Kate
Summary: Presents a collection of poems about animal sleep habits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 HOSWorth, Valerie.
Summary: Describes in verse both ordinary and extraordinary things, with an emphasis on animals such as the anteater and skunk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1986
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Summary: A collection of eighteen short poems celebrating love and friendship between animals, from cats and sheep to giraffes and crocodiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Wilson 2005Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILDahl, Roald.
Summary: A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAHYoon, Joohee
Summary: "Poetry and children belong together, and for a long time, the music and playfulness of verse wove itself through children's days and lives. Beastly Verse aims to help return the wonder of poetry to children's lives through sixteen exquisitely illustratedpoems, four of which have the surprise and pleasure of being foldouts. Consisting of playful as well as powerfully memorable poems, Beastly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 YOOSmith, Danna
Summary: "Each haiku in this lift-the-flap board book will have readers guessing the animal it describes--with the answer revealed under a flap on each page! With lovely text, sweet illustrations, and cute creatures, this lyrical and interactive book is a joy to read!"-- provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Scuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SMI BOARDCarle, Eric.
Summary: An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.81 CARCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Animal CarleLear, Edward
Summary: After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fairytales Lear 1991Elliott, David
Summary: The animals in the dark woods are secretive, their inner lives a mystery. The stealthy bobcat, the inquisitive raccoon, and the dignified bear waking up from his winter nap are just a few of the glorious animals featured in this collection of poems and woodland scenes.--page [2] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ELLLevy, Debbie
Summary: Pairs photos from a National Geographic photographer with poems to present the letters of the alphabet and pay tribute to the diversity of the animal world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2021
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Summary: Animals pair up in these humorous rhymes. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 1995
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Boynton 1995Hooper, Patricia
Summary: This poem asks where little animals make their beds, with answers for each question.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HoopePrelutsky, Jack.
Summary: A collection of twenty-eight rhymes introduces children to such characters as a gardening giraffe, a big blue goose, and poodles eating oodles of noodles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Prelutsky 2007Lear, Edward
Summary: On a sea voyage, the owl and the pussycat decide to marry as soon as they can find a ring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEAPrelutsky, Jack.
Summary: Presents a collection of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been scrambled together to create never-seen-before creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry PrelutskyLangstaff, John M.
Summary: A presentation of an old counting rhyme about meadow animals and their activities. A page of music is included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
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Summary: After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam & Grosset Group 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.8 LEASummary: Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 NATKeats, Ezra Jack.
Summary: An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1999