The Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse

Collection of modern English children's poetry. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Calico Pie
By Edward Lear, Mark Carthew
Calico Pie
James Whitcomb Riley - Child Rhymes & Farm Rhymes: In Fact, to Speak in Earnest, I Believe It Adds a...
By James Whitcomb Riley
A bachelor, Riley seems to have his writings as his only outlet, and although in his public performances he was well received, his publications were becoming seen as banal and repetitive and sales of these later works began to fall away.
Poems Please!: Sharing Poetry with Children
By Bill Moore, David Booth
Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, e, i, s, t.
The Baby's Lap Book
By Jason Miles, Phylicia Rashad
An anthology of fifty-seven familiar nursery rhymes, with a sung version of each on the accompanying cassette.
Poems Please! 2nd Edition: Sharing poetry with children
By Bill Moore, David Booth
This innovative resource includes tools for classroom management that range from assessment techniques to tips for choosing and displaying poems.
Kom med i cirkus
By Poul Steenstrup, Hans Augusto Rey, Gyldendalske boghandel
Circus scenes are described in verse.
Favourite Poems for Aussie Children
By Sharon Anderson, Mick Coventry, Carmel Randle
Favourite Poems for Aussie Children
Tongue Twisters
By James Higgins
Tongue Twisters
Jump Rope Rhymes
By Ann M. Martin
If you love to jump rope like Karen, here is a book of fun jump rope rhymes and games. Includes rhymes for double Dutch too.
Poems of Childhood
By Eugene Field
Ninety-four of the author's poems for and about children.