Poetry is what this category is all about. We're seeking the best poetry collection for kids or teens. Now, some of the poetry collections are fully illustrated and have the size, shape & appearance of picture books.
When deciding if something belongs here, ask yourself "Is this a collection of poems?"
- A picture book that is written in rhyme belongs over in the picture book section, not here.
- Poetry collections for older kids and teens belong here as well.
- A novel written in free verse belongs with all the other novels for the appropriate age range.
Poetry collections can be fiction or nonfiction; they can have a single author or be an anthology that includes the work of many poets. Collections need not be the work of a single author, but may be an anthology. The poems can be in rhyme or not, and can be in any form, including no real form at all (which is to say, free verse is very welcome, as are shape poems).
--Kelly Fineman, organizer
Please leave a nomination -- including author and title -- in the comments below. One nomination per person, per category, please. Avoid duplicate nominations--it only takes ONE nomination to add a book to the list.
Libertad by Alma Fullerton
Posted by: Natasha @ Maw Books | October 01, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Libertad by Alma Fullerton
Posted by: Natasha @ Maw Books | October 01, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
Posted by: Megan Germano | October 01, 2008 at 04:55 AM
Frankenstein Takes the Cake, Adam Rex
Posted by: Melissa | October 01, 2008 at 05:01 AM
BECOMING BILLIE HOLIDAY, by Carole Boston Weatherford
Posted by: Sarah Miller | October 01, 2008 at 05:24 AM
Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant
Posted by: Abby | October 01, 2008 at 05:39 AM
Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 01, 2008 at 06:27 AM
DIAMOND WILLOW by Helen Frost
Posted by: Mary Cronin | October 01, 2008 at 07:46 AM
I'd like to nominate Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport. The publisher is Candlewick.
Posted by: Becky | October 01, 2008 at 08:24 AM
M is for Mischief by Linda Ashman. Funny poems with illustrations by Nancy Carpenter that complement and expand the humor
Posted by: Steven | October 01, 2008 at 09:47 AM
I nominate AMERICA AT WAR: POEMS SELECTED BY
LEE BENNETT HOPKINS (MCELDERRY BOOKS)
Posted by: reddoorwest | October 01, 2008 at 10:50 AM
IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE YOUR NOMINATION YET, PLEASE READ:
As per the instructions for this category, please please don't nominate novels in verse here. They belong with other novels in the appropriate age category.
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 01, 2008 at 12:27 PM
SHRINKING DAYS, FROSTY NIGHTS: POEMS ABOUT FALL, by Laura Purdie Salas. This is one of the books in her poetry collection for Capstone Press.
Posted by: Catherine Ipcizade | October 01, 2008 at 03:13 PM
My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Posted by: Fuse #8 | October 01, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Pirates, by David Harrison, illustrated by Dan Burr
Posted by: Laura Salas | October 02, 2008 at 04:04 AM
Imaginary Menagerie,A Book of Curious Creatures by Julie Larios,illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Posted by: daphne | October 02, 2008 at 05:35 AM
I nominate Hip hop speaks to children : a celebration of poetry with a beat / editor, Nikki Giovanni
Posted by: Nan Hoekstra | October 02, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Lee Bennett Hopkins' brilliant AMERICA AT WAR.
Posted by: charles j egita | October 02, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Birds on a Wire by J. Patrick Lewis
Posted by: Tricia | October 02, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Birds on a Wire: Renga Around the Town
J. Patrick Lewis
Posted by: Linda | October 03, 2008 at 08:38 AM
Birds on a Wire: Renga Around the Town- J. Patrick Lewis
Posted by: Linda | October 03, 2008 at 08:39 AM
Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark- by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Brian Biggs.
Posted by: Douglas Florian | October 03, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Animal Poems of the Iguazu by Francisco X. Alarcon
Posted by: Christina | October 03, 2008 at 10:32 AM
I'd like to nominate Animal Poems of the Iguazú as well.... by Francisco Alarcon and published by Children's Book Press.
Posted by: lady d | October 03, 2008 at 12:54 PM
DEAR REDDOORWEST, LINDA AND LADY D: Once a book is nominated, it's nominated. There is neither need nor benefit to repeating the nomination. Should you wish to nominate something else, you may do so.
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 03, 2008 at 04:13 PM
I nominate: Human Dark With Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy
Posted by: Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) | October 05, 2008 at 08:10 AM
SERENA: Adult titles are not eligible. Would you care to select something else?
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 05, 2008 at 08:54 PM
I would like to nominate The Seldom Ever Shady Glades: Poems and Quilts by Sue Van Wassenhove.
Hmm...lots of double nominations in this category! Don't waste your votes ladies and gentlemen!
Posted by: Amanda | October 06, 2008 at 08:57 AM
The Freedom Business written by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Deborah Dancy. Wordsong.
Posted by: Don Tate | October 06, 2008 at 07:06 PM
The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
Posted by: Jeannine Atkins | October 07, 2008 at 05:46 AM
More than Friends: Poems from Him and Her by Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf
Posted by: Constance Lombardo | October 07, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Barefoot: Poems for Naked Feet by Stefi Weisburd
Posted by: Mary Ellen Ryan | October 07, 2008 at 09:46 AM
Barefoot: Poems for Naked Feet by Stefi Weisburd
Posted by: Mary Ellen Ryan | October 07, 2008 at 09:47 AM
The Seldom-Ever-Shady Glades by Sue Van Wassenhove
Posted by: Sarah Campbell | October 07, 2008 at 11:13 AM
NOMINATION ROUND-UP:
As of today, 19 titles have been nominated in this category. The titles are:
America at War, ed. by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Animal Poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazu by Francisco X. Alarcon
Barefoot: Poems for Naked Feet by Stefi Weisburd
Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark by Judy Sierra
Becoming Billie Holliday by Carole Boston Weatherford
Birds on a Wire by J. Patrick Lewis and Paul B. Janeczko
Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex
Hip Hop Speaks to Children, ed. by Nikki Giovanni
Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye
Imaginary Menagerie by Julie Larios
Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport
M is for Mischief by Linda Ashman
More than Friends: Poems from Him & Her by Sara Holbrook & Allan Wolf
My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson
Pirates by David Harrison
Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights by Laura Purdie Salas
The Freedom Business by Marilyn Nelson
The Seldom Ever Shady Glades by Sue Van Wassenhove
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 07, 2008 at 01:24 PM
Stella, Unleashed (by Linda Ashman and Paul Meisel)
Posted by: Andrea of JustOneMoreBook! KidLit Podcast | October 08, 2008 at 12:27 PM
I would like to Monarch's Progress by Avis Harley
Posted by: Carol-Ann Hoyte | October 08, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith
Posted by: Sylvia | October 08, 2008 at 09:26 PM
On The Farm, Holly Meade
Posted by: Liz Jones | October 09, 2008 at 06:05 AM
On The Farm, Holly Meade
Posted by: Liz Jones | October 09, 2008 at 06:05 AM
Just a note about ON THE FARM. It was written by David Elliott and illustrated by Holly Meade.
Posted by: Elaine Magliaro | October 09, 2008 at 09:07 AM
There was a Man who Loved a Rat and other Vile Little Poems by Gerda Rovetch illustrated by Lissa Rovetch
Posted by: Sharon | October 09, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Smelly Feet Sandwich and Other Silly Poems, by Allia Zobel Nolan, illustrated by Kate Leake
Posted by: Elisabeth Prial | October 09, 2008 at 07:55 PM
The Blacker the Berry: Poems by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Flyod Cooper
Posted by: cloudscome | October 10, 2008 at 08:52 AM
Black Stars in a White Night Sky, by Jonarno Lawson.
Posted by: Alkelda the Gleeful | October 10, 2008 at 02:33 PM
Baby face : a book of love for baby by Cynthia Rylant
Posted by: Shelly Burns | October 10, 2008 at 03:24 PM
A river of words : the story of William Carlos Williams by Jennifer Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Posted by: Mary Lee | October 11, 2008 at 02:41 AM
Oops. Delete my nomination of A River of Words. It belongs in nonfiction picture books because it is a picture book biography written in verse. Sorry. My enthusiasm got the best of me.
Posted by: Mary Lee | October 11, 2008 at 06:53 AM
Absolutely Wild, by Dennis Webster
Published by David R. Godine
Animal poems with colorful linocut illustrations.
Posted by: Kim | October 11, 2008 at 06:32 PM
KIM: I'm terribly sorry. Since the book won't out prior to October 15th, it is not eligible for consideration this year. :(
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | October 11, 2008 at 09:38 PM