favorite poetry (third grade)
Below is a compilation of the responses I received regarding favorite
poetry selections for third grade.
Thanks to everyone who responded!!!!
Shel Silverstein
Douglas Florian - any of his animal poems
Charles R. Smith's "Hoop Queens" "Rim Shots" and "Short Takes" all
about basketball
Jack Prelutsky (a special favorite is If Not For the Cat, a book of
haiku)
Ted Scheu (shy) the Poetry Guy (His poems are about kids schoo lives
and are illustrated with photos of kids reacting to his poetry.)
Florian's Mammalabilia, Insectlopedia, etc
At least one book by Joyce Sidman. Butterfly Eyes, Song of the Water
Boatman and Meow Ruff are my favorites.
Hey you! C'mere : a poetry slam / by Elizabeth Swados ; illustrated by
Joe Cepeda. A collection of poems about seven kids sharing the power of
poetry as they move through their neighborhood.
Shoe magic / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Terry Widener. Poems
describe the different shoes children wear, including sandals, running
shoes, golf shoes, and workboots.
Good dog : poems / by Maya Gottfried ; paintings by Robert Rahway
Zakanitch. In this heart-stealing picture book, fine artist Robert
Rahway Zakanitch gives us 16 masterful, soulful, impossibly
expressive portraits of dogs, and Maya Gottfried wonderfully captures
their voices and inner personalities in 16 enchanting poems. It's a
doggie delight! These dogs beg to be patted, tickled, scratched, and
ruffled. Which one will be your best friend?
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost ; illustrated by
Susan Jeffers. Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of
the well-known poem.
A pocketful of poems / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
Poems and haiku verses provides glimpses of life in the city.
Meet Danitra Brown / Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper. A
collection of thirteen poems about the friendship between two little
girls.
Oh, Theodore! : guinea pig poems / by Susan Katz ; illustrated by Stacey
Schuett. Meet Theodore, a plump, fuzzy guinea pig, who is brought to
life in vivid poems and vibrant paintings.
You read to me, I'll read to you : very short fairy tales to read
together / by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Michael Emberly.
Features children's favorite fairy-tale characters. Each is told in two
voices to invite young children to read along with an adult.
Thanks a million / by Nikki Grimes ; pictures by Cozbi A. Cabrera. The
simple act of saying "thank you" can change relationships and
attitudes. This lovely collection of sixteen poems that describe
thankfulness and expressing thanks is a wonderful way to share the
importance and power of these two words with children. The opening
poem "Reward" is worth the price of admissionsimple but very moving.
Frankenstein makes a sandwich : and other stories you're sure to like,
because they're all about monsters, and some of them are also about
food, you like food, don't you? well, all right then / by Adam Rex.
Contains twenty humorous poems about the bad habits, anxieties, and
other fears and foibles of monsters.
Hummingbird nest : a journal of poems / Kristine O'Connell George ;
illustrations by Barry Moser. When a mother hummingbird builds a
nest on a family's porch, they watch and record her actions and the
birth and development of her fledglings.
Behold the bold umbrellaphant : and other poems / by Jack Prelutsky ;
illustrations by Carin Berger. Presents a collection of whimsical
poems about creatures that are part animal and part inanimate objects.
This is just to say : poems of apology and forgiveness / by Joyce Sidman
; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski. In haiku, pantoums, two-part
poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's sixth-grade class writes of
apology. Some poets are deeply sorry; some not at all. Some are
forgiven; some
are not. In each pair of poems a relationship, a connection, is
revealed. Full color.