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Jazz day: the making of a famous photograph
Par Roxane Orgill, Francis Vallejo. 2016
A collection of poems recounts the efforts of Esquire magazine graphic designer Art Kane to photograph a group of famous…
jazz artists in front of a Harlem brownstone in 1958. For grades 4-7. 2016Garvey's choice
Par Nikki Grimes. 2016
Novel in verse. Filling an emotional void with food, bookworm Garvey struggles with his weight and school bullies and is…
unable to connect with his sports-minded father. But when his friend pushes him to audition for chorus, Garvey finally finds himself and his voice. For grades 4-7. 2016Santa's twin (Santa's Twin Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Dean R. Koontz, Phil Parks. 1996
Santa's evil twin wreaks havoc on Christmas Eve: he kidnaps the real Santa, scares the reindeer, creates disgusting messes, and…
plans to gift-wrap cat poop for young Charlotte and Emily. Dismayed, the sisters plan to save the real Santa before the holiday is ruined forever!For grades K-3. 1996Poisoned apples: poems for you, my pretty
Par Christine Heppermann. 2014
Collection of fifty poems that explore how females are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends--as consumers, as…
objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes, the poems range from contemporary retellings to first person accounts. For senior high and older readers. 2014Moo: A Novel
Par Sharon Creech. 2016
When her parents find themselves unemployed, twelve-year-old Reena and her family move to a coastal Maine town. Unsure what to…
expect, Reena is surprised that her parents volunteered her to help on an elderly lady's farm filled with crazy animals, including an ornery cow named Zora. For grades 3-6. 2016You can fly: the Tuskegee Airmen
Par Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 2016
History in verse that celebrates the Tuskegee Airmen. Recounts the challenges faced by the African American pilots in WWII, who…
triumphed in the skies and blew past the color barriers as fighter squadrons. For grades 5-8. 2016The tighty whitey spider: and more wacky animal poems I totally made up
Par Kenn Nesbitt, Ethan Long. 2010
Collection of fifty-eight humorous poems about animals in crazy situations. In "I Have to Write a Poem," a cow from…
outer space battles monkey aliens. Includes "My Hamster Has a Skateboard," "I Like My Triangular Kitten," "When Pigs Fly," and more. For grades K-3. 2010Scaly spotted feathered frilled: how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like?
Par Catherine Thimmesh. 2013
Booked (Crossover)
Par Kwame Alexander. 2016
A novel in verse. Eighth-grader Nick Hall loves soccer and hates books, but he soon learns the power of words…
as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. For grades 5-8. 2016Full cicada moon
Par Marilyn Hilton. 2015
Novel in verse. In 1969, seventh-grader Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race…
background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy and carpentry make her feel like an outsider. For grades 4-7. 2015Voice of freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Par Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes. 2015
Collection of poems inspired by the life and work of civil-rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). Taken together, they recount…
Hamer's life in Mississippi as the youngest of twenty children, her personal life, and her activism and political party work. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2015Enchanted air: two cultures, two wings : a memoir
Par Margarita Engle, Edel Rodriguez. 2015
Poetic memoir reflects on growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Torn between Cuba…
and the United States, Engle uses free verse to describe her life in Los Angeles and her love for Cuba. Pura Belpré Award. For grades 6-9. 2015Random body parts: gross anatomy riddles in verse
Par Mike Lowery, Leslie Bulion. 2015
Indivisible: poems for social justice (Na Ser.)
Par Gail Bush, Matthew T. Bush. 2013
Collection of fifty-four previously published poems expressing feelings and a call to action on various social-justice issues. Contributors include Maya…
Angelou, Wendell Berry, Philip Dacey, Tupac Shakur, and more. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013Please excuse this poem: 100 new poets for the next generation
Par Brett Fletcher Lauer. 2015
Collection of poems by one hundred younger poets from diverse backgrounds. Their work has been showcased in The New Yorker…
and on Twitter and other social media. Concludes with zany insights of each poet. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2015The crossover (The Crossover Series)
Par Kwame Alexander. 2014
Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse. For senior high and older readers. 2014The candy smash (The Lemonade War Series #4)
Par Jacqueline Davies. 2013
As Valentine's Day approaches and a crush on a classmate develops, Evan develops a secret fondness for writing poetry. But…
his sister Jessie plans on exposing all in her newspaper. Sequel to The Bell Bandit (DB 74601). For grades 3-6. 2013What the heart knows: chants, charms & blessings
Par Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagarenski. 2013
Collection of poetry in the form of chants, charms, spells, invocations, laments, remembrances, praise songs, and blessings. "Come, Happiness" beckons…
a cheerful state of mind to enrich your life. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2013The language inside
Par Holly Thompson. 2013
Novel told in verse. Fifteen-year-old American Emma doesn't want to leave tsunami-torn Japan, where she was raised, to go to…
Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment. But Emma finds new friendships and love in the states. For senior high and older readers. 2013Like pickle juice on a cookie (Eleanor)
Par Matthew Cordell, Julie Sternberg. 2011