National Poetry Month – Books for Kids

Children

April is National Poetry Month! Here are some books to get you started!

Books that Rhyme

This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych
Jump in! by Shandra Strickland
From Ed’s to Ned’s by Gideon Sterer
Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty
Firefighter Flo! by Andrea Zimmerman
My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant

Poetry Books

Tractor by Sally Sutton
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost
Ready for Spaghetti by Michael Rosen
Behold Our Magical Garden by Allan Wolf
Sweet People Are Everywhere by Alice Walker
The Dirt Book by David L. Harrison

Books in Verse

No Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin
Odder by Katherine Applegate
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle
Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner’s Call to Science by Jeannine Atkins
Samira Surfs by Rukhsanna Guidroz