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Summary: This beautiful collection brings together over sixty of the best-loved nursery rhymes, including lively action rhymes and dreamy lullabies.
BOOK
Call #: J 398.8 USB
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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by
Iza Trapani
(760)
Summary: An expanded version of the nineteenth-century poem in which a small girl accompanies a star on a journey through the night sky, examining both heavenly bodies and the earth below.
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(368)
Summary: Photographer Ewald worked with 15 ethnically diverse North Carolina school-children in the second through fifth grades to investigate how kids feel about their bodies. Each child selected a favorite...
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BOOK
Call #: J 810.8 BES
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
A. F Harrold
(50)
Summary: Packed with silly rhymes and witty wordplay, A.F. Harrold's poetry is positively bursting with fun -- and advice. But it's not always the most useful. Among the seemingly nonsensical stanzas on...
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BOOK
Call #: J 811 HAR
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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by
Jane Yolen
Summary: This book fifteen hilarious poems that celebrate the sounds of the human body, from sniffles to snaps, sneezes to wheezes, hiccups to yawns, and more!
BOOK
Call #: J P SCIENCE YOLEN
Location: New Junior Picture Books - Science
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Marilyn Nelson
(2,391)
Summary: Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a while woman, and whose murderers...
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BOOK
Call #: 811.54 NEL YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
May Swenson
(9)
Summary: A selection of the author's poetry, largely dealing with nature, which challenges the reader to guess the subject of each poem or a meaning not immediately obvious.
BOOK
Call #: 811.54 SWE YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Nadine Bernard Westcott
(1,178)
Summary: A quixotic adaptation of the well-known jump-rope rhyme with illustrations that are just as humorous as the unexpected results of a well-meaning experiment.
BOOK
Call #: BB WES
Location: Board Books
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Science verse [book + CD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/247336@2x.jpg)
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Jon Scieszka
(2,238)
Summary: When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
Call #: J BOOK+CD SCI
Location: Junior Book+CD
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Little Stevie Wonder [book + CD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/274063@2x.jpg)
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Quincy Troupe
Summary: A poem tribute to blind musician and composer Stevie Wonder.
Call #: J BOOK+CD TRO
Location: Junior Book+CD
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Alias Anna [CD book] : a true story of outwitting the Nazis](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/257185@2x.jpg)
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by
Susan Hood
Summary: When the Germans invade Ukraine, Zhanna, a young Jewish girl, must leave behind her friends, her freedom, and her promising musical future at the world's top conservatory. With no time to say...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J CD BOOK B DAWSON
Location: Junior CD Books Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Cicely Mary Barker's A flower fairy alphabet [music CD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/10738@2x.jpg)
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Cicely Mary Barker
Summary: In twenty-four poems, fairies introduce most of the letters of the alphabet by describing the flowers among which they live.
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Call #: J MUSIC BAR
Location: Junior Music CDs
copies in: 1 of 1
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![In Aunt Giraffe's green garden [music CD] : The frogs wore red suspenders](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/111847@2x.jpg)
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by
Jack Prelutsky
Summary: Poems about people and animals, set in such far-flung places as Minot, Minneapolis, Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and the Grand Canyon, brought to life in song and music.
MUSIC CD
Call #: J MUSIC PRE
Location: Junior Music CDs
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Diane Wilson
(113)
Summary: In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from -- literally and metaphorically. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present in this accessible and...
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BOOK
Call #: J P HISTORY WILSON
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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(82)
Summary: A crisp wind blows. A voice howls. Masked figures dance by moonlight. And the taste of chocolate is in everyone's mouth. It's Halloween! Lee Bennett Hopkins captures the spirit of everyone's favorite...
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BOOK
Call #: J READER 811.008 HAL
Location: Junior Readers Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(40)
Summary: Heart-shaped sandwiches, homemade cards, and sweetheart candies are a few of the holiday goodies presented in this beginning reader's book of poetry for Valentine's Day.
BOOK
Call #: J READER 811.008 VAL
Location: Junior Readers Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jeff Foxworthy
(125)
Summary: Fourteen poems selected from Silly street.
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Call #: J READER 811.54 FOX
Location: Junior Readers Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(404)
Summary: An illustrated collection of sixty-four traditional nursery rhymes.
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Call #: J 398.8 POC
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kwame Alexander
(1,725)
Summary: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
BOOK
Call #: J 808.1 ALE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(291)
Summary: The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations.
BOOK
Call #: J 808.81 BIL
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(14)
Summary: Well-known, short poems are illustrated by twelve different artists.
BOOK
Call #: J 808.81 CLA
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael Driscoll
(266)
Summary: This wide-ranging journey through the history and highlights of the world's poetry covers everything from epics and odes to nonsense verse and haikus, and includes a full-length CD! Hey there! I'm...
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BOOK
Call #: J 808.81 DRI
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(771)
Summary: An anthology of poems celebrating poetry's ability to connect us like family.
BOOK
Call #: J 808.81 FAM
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(18)
Summary: Presents twenty-five light-hearted poems for young children.
BOOK
Call #: J 808.81 USB
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(497)
BOOK
Call #: J 811 HER
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(104)
Summary: There is a legend that describes how, at midnight on Christmas Eve, all creatures are granted the power of speech for one hour. In this collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and a dozen other poets imagine what responses they might offer.
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Call #: J 811 MAN
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(302)
Summary: Present a new collection of poems, from both classic and contemporary poets, which are especially suited for learning by heart and reciting aloud.
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Call #: J 811.008 FOR
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Betsy Franco
(120)
Summary: A collection of nineteen school-related poems designed to be read aloud by two voices, but also appropriate for one or many readers.
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Call #: J 811.54 FRA
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mary Ann Hoberman
(185)
Summary: This collection of Aesop's fables includes both beloved tales such as "The Ant and the Grasshopper" and "The Lion and the Mouse," as well as less familiar but equally charming stories like "The Peacock and the Crane."
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Call #: J 811.54 HOB
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mary Ann Hoberman
(237)
Summary: Classic Mother Goose rhymes in color-coded typography let young children read along with an adult.
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Call #: J 811.54 HOB
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(322)
Summary: Contents: Being a kid.--Parents.--Brothers and sisters.--Friends.--School days.--Disasters.--Monsters.--Strange stories.--Advice.
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Call #: J 811.54 KID
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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J. Patrick Lewis
(324)
Summary: Borrows themes from famous poems and flips them on their head to create humorous verses and riddles in a collection of math-based problem-solving parodies.
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Call #: J 811.54 LEW
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
J. Patrick Lewis
(72)
Summary: 22 darkly humorous poems about death.
BOOK
Call #: J 811.54 LEW
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(31)
BOOK
Call #: J 811.54 POE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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