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Poetry for Kids: Preschool-Grade 2
Delightful poetry books for younger kids, featuring animals, nursery rhymes, counting, silliness, and one great big cuddle!
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Off to See the Sea
by Grimes, NikkiGet this itemThe illustrations and the lyrical text turn bath time into a joy-filled adventure. There's so much to see and love in the pictures, and it's really fun to read aloud.
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Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures
2017 by Alexander, KwameGet this itemNational Geographic photography and Kwame Alexander's poetry--what a gorgeous combo!
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You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together
2005 by Hoberman, Mary AnnGet this itemThese read together books are so much fun! There are scary tales, fairy tales, and more in this series. And if your child isn't reading yet, that's OK--you will love reading both parts.
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I Am Enough
2018 by Byers, GraceGet this itemPoetic affirmation of loving yourself, exactly the way your are!
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One Minute till Bedtime: 60-Second Poems to Send You off to Sleep
2016Get this itemLots of great poets contributed to this compendium of short poems, many of which will help send little ones off to sleep.
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Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose
2007 by Dillon, LeoGet this itemBeautifully illustrated collection of well-known and not-so-well-known nursery rhymes. Bonus: includes lots of counting opportunities to share.
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Kiyoshi's Walk
2020 by Karlins, MarkGet this itemA neighborhood walk unleashes the power of poetry.
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A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young
2015 by Rosen, MichaelGet this itemSilly nonsense poems that are joyful and bouncy!
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Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers' Market
2017 by Schaub, MichelleGet this itemDifferent kinds of poetry capture the feel of a summer morning at a farmer's market.
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Truckery Rhymes
2009 by Scieszka, JonGet this itemFun nursery rhyme collection for fans of trucks and other things that go-go-go!
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We Sang You Home
2016 by Van Camp, RichardGet this itemPoems about the joys and wonder of having a new baby in the house.
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