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Welcome to the Children's Poetry Books section of Fine Books.  Here are great children's poetry books filled with simple yet beautiful poems. 

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1. Where the Sidewalk Ends : The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Shel Silverstein / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / November 1974
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2. My Very First Mother Goose ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Iona Archibald Opie(Editor), Rosemary Wells (Illustrator) / Candlewick Pr / September 1996
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3. A Light in the Attic ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Shel Silverstein / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / September 1981
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4. Falling Up : Poems and Drawings ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Shel Silverstein / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / May 1996
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5. Insectlopedia : Poems and Paintings ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Douglas Florian(Illustrator) / Harcourt Brace / March 1998
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6. The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies (Flower Fairies Collection) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Cicely Mary Barker / Frederick Warne & Co / September 1997
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7. Madeline ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Ludwig Bemelmans / Viking Pr / February 1977
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8. You Be Good & I'll Be Night : Jump-On-The-Bed Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Eve Merriam, Karen Lee Schmidt (Illustrator) / Mulberry Books / May 1996
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9. Animal Crackers : A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jane Dyer(Editor) / Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) / April 1996
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10. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Fairy Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Laura Ingalls Wilder, et al / Doubleday / October 13, 1998
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11. A Cup of Christmas Tea ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Tom Hegg(Illustrator), Warren Hanson (Illustrator) / Waldman House Pr / October 1989
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12. Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky(Editor), Marc Tolon Brown (Illustrator) / Knopf / October 1986
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13. Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) / Puffin / February 1995
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14. The Random House Book of Poetry for Children ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Jack Prelutsky, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) / Random House (Merchandising) / October 1983
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15. Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows (Photographer) / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / September 1992
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16. Chicken Soup With Rice : A Book of Months ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Maurice Sendak / HarperTrophy / March 1991
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17. To Market, to Market ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Anne Miranda, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) / Harcourt Brace / October 1997
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18. Favorite Poems Old and New ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Helen Ferris(Editor), Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) / Doubleday / October 1957
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19. The New Kid on the Block ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson (Illustrator) / Greenwillow / August 1984
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20. Madeline's Rescue ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Ludwig Bemelmans(Illustrator) / Viking Pr / August 1977
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21. The Dragons Are Singing Tonight ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, Peter Sis (Illustrator) / Greenwillow / September 1993
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22. Life Doesn't Frighten Me ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Maya Angelou, et al / Stewart Tabori & Chang / September 1998
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23. The Mouse of Amherst ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Elizabeth Spires, Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator) / Frances Foster Books / March 1999
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24. Diez Deditos : 10 Little Fingers & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jose-Luis Orozco(Translator), Elisa Kleven (Illustrator) / Dutton Books / December 1997
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25. Idylls of the King (Penguin Classic) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson, et al / Penguin USA (Paper) / September 1989
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26. The Beauty of the Beast : Poems from the Animal Kingdom ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky(Editor), Meilo So (Illustrator) / Knopf / September 1997
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27. Madeline ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Ludwig Bemelmans(Illustrator) / Viking Pr / September 1958
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28. Nibble Nibble : Poems for Children (Young Scott Books) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Margaret Wise Brown, et al / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / May 1998
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29. The Song of Mu Lan ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Jeanne M. Lee / Front Street Pr / September 1995
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30. Dirty Beasts ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) / Viking Pr / August 1986
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31. The Dragons Are Singing Tonight ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, Peter Sis (Illustrator) / Mulberry Books / August 1998
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32. A Pizza the Size of the Sun : Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson (Illustrator) / Greenwillow / September 1996
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33. If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Judith Viorst / Aladdin Paperbacks / August 1984
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34. Beat Voices : An Anthology of Beat Poetry ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

David Kherdian(Editor), et al / Beech Tree Books / September 1996
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35. Richard Scarrys Best Mother Goose Ever (Giant Golden Book) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Richard Scarry(Illustrator) / Golden Pr / December 1970
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36. For Laughing Out Loud : Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator) / Knopf / March 1991
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37. The Baby Uggs Are Hatching ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson (Illustrator) / Mulberry Books / October 1989
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38. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator) / E P Dutton / February 1985
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39. Kids' Magnetic Poetry Book and Creativity Kit: Including Word Titles, Shapes, and Magnetic Board ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Dave Kapell, Sally Steenland / Workman Publishing Company / October 1998
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40. Sing a Song of Popcorn : Every Child's Book of Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Beatrice Shenk De Regniers, et al / Scholastic Trade / September 1988
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41. Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Carl Sandburg, et al / Knopf / April 1999
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42. Cool Salsa : Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Lori Carlson(Editor) / Juniper / May 1995
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43. Hailstones and Halibut Bones : Adventures in Color ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Mary O'Neill, et al / Doubleday / May 1990
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44. My Symphony ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

W. H. Channing, et al / Andrews McMeel Publishing / November 1997
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45. Harlem : A Poem (Caldecott Honor Book) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers (Illustrator) / Scholastic Trade / March 1997
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46. Room Enough for Love : The Complete Poems of I Am Wings and Buried Alive ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Ralph J. Fletcher / Aladdin Paperbacks / January 1998
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47. Talking Like the Rain : A Read-To-Me Book of Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

X. J. Kennedy, et al / Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) / April 1992
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48. Classic Poetry : An Illustrated Collection ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Michael Rosen(Editor), Paul Howard (Illustrator) / Candlewick Pr / November 1998
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49. Now We Are Six ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator) / E P Dutton / December 1988
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50. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall : African Americans Celebrating Fathers ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Javaka Steptoe(Illustrator) / Lee & Low Books / November 1997
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51. Rhymes & Reasons : An Annotated Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

James C. Christensen(Illustrator) / The Greenwich Workshop Press / June 1997
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52. The Space Between Our Footsteps : Poems and Paintings from the Middle East ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Naomi Shihab Nye(Editor) / Simon & Schuster (Juv) / April 1998
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53. Eric Carle's Animals Animals ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Eric Carle(Illustrator), et al / Philomel Books / September 1989
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54. A Book of Nonsense (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Edward Lear / Everymans Library / October 1992
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55. Struwwelpeter : In English Translation ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Heinrich Hoffmann / Dover Pubns / May 1995
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56. Jabberwocky ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Lewis Carroll, Graeme Base (Illustrator) / Harry N Abrams / March 1989
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57. Hailstones and Halibut Bones : Adventures in Color (Adventures in Color) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Mary Le Duc O'Neill, et al / Doubleday / May 1, 1989
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58. Imagine That : Poems of Never-Was ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Jack Prelutsky(Editor), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) / Knopf / August 1998
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59. I Am Phoenix : Poems for Two Voices ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Paul Fleischman, et al / HarperTrophy / September 1989
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60. Poems of Childhood (Scribner Illustrated Classic Series) ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Eugene Field, Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator) / Atheneum / October 1996
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61. No More Homework! No More Tests! : Kids' Favorite Funny School Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Stephen Carpenter(Illustrator), Bruce Lansky (Editor) / Meadowbrook Pr / August 1997
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62. In the Swim : Poems and Paintings ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Douglas Florian / Harcourt Brace / April 1997
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63. When We Were Very Young [ABRIDGED] ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

A. A. Milne, Charles Kuralt (Narrator) / Penguin Audiobooks / September 1997
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64. The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Louis Untermeyer(Editor), et al / Golden Books Pub Co Inc / September 1998
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65. The Necessary Cat : A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Nicola Bayley(Editor) / Candlewick Pr / August 1998
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66. Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast : Dinosaur Poems ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Jack Prelutsky, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) / Mulberry Books / March 1992
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67. The Owl and the Pussycat ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Edward Lear, Jan Brett (Illustrator) / Philomel Books / September 1997
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68. Paul Revere's Ride ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ted Rand (Illustrator) / Puffin / March 1996
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69. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

John Ciardi, Edward Gorey (Illustrator) / HarperTrophy / August 1987
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70. The Cremation of Sam McGee ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Ted Harrison(Illustrator), Robert William Service / William Morrow & Company / April 1987
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71. The Palm of My Heart : Poetry by African American Children ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Davida Adedjouma(Editor), et al / Lee & Low Books / September 1996
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72. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Robert Browning, Kate Greenaway (Illustrator) / Everymans Library / October 1993
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73. Hey World, Here I Am! ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days

Jean Little, et al / HarperTrophy / April 1990
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74. A Child's Anthology of Poetry ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Elizabeth Hauge Sword(Editor), et al / Ecco Press / September 1997
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75. Marvelous Math : A Book of Poems ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

Lee Bennett Hopkins(Editor), et al / Simon & Schuster (Juv) / August 1997
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