Poetry Reviews

Bustle in the Bushes

Bustle in the Bushes

Giles Andreae
Illustrator:  David Wojtowycz 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
Tiger Tales, 2012   ISBN: 978-1589251090
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Jazz

Jazz

Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator:  Christopher Myers 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Holiday House, 2006   ISBN: 0823415457
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UnBEElievables

UnBEElievables

Douglas Florian
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2012   ISBN: 978-1442426528
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Let's Celebrate!: Festival Poems from Around the World

Let's Celebrate!: Festival Poems from Around the World

Edited by Debjani Chatterjee, Edited by Brian D'Arcy
Illustrator:  Shirin Adl 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2014   ISBN: 978-1847804792
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Mixed Beasts

Mixed Beasts

Kenyon Cox
Illustrator:  Wallace Edwards 
Poetry Picture Books
For ages 7 to 10
Kids Can Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-1771380355
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Under the Spell of the moon: Art for children from the world's greatest Illustra

Under the Spell of the moon: Art for children from the world's greatest Illustra

Foreword by Katherine Paterson, Introduction by Patricia Aldana
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 and up
Groundwood Books, 2004   ISBN: 978-0888995599
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Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past

Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past

Vanita Oelschlager
Illustrator:  Kristin Blackwood 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Vanita Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0980016277
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Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes

Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes

Alice Schertle
Illustrator:  Petra Mathers 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Harcourt Children's Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0152050504
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Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails: Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally

Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails: Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally

Betsy Franco
Illustrator:  Steve Jenkins 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Simon and Schuster, 2008   ISBN: 978-1416903864
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The Pop-Up Dinosaurs Galore!

The Pop-Up Dinosaurs Galore!

Giles Andreae
Illustrator:  David Wojtowycz 
Novelty Poetry Book
For ages 3 to 6
Tiger Tales, 2008   ISBN: 1589258371
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Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom

Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom

Marilyn Singer
Illustrator:  Lee Wildish 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2011   ISBN: 978-0375867101
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Winterberries and Apple Blossoms: Reflections and Flavors of a Mennonite Year

Winterberries and Apple Blossoms: Reflections and Flavors of a Mennonite Year

Nan Forler
Illustrator:  Peter Etril Snyder 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 11
Tundra Books, 2011   ISBN: 978-1770492547
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If Not for the Cat

If Not for the Cat

Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator:  Ted Rand 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Greenwillow Books, 2004   ISBN: 978-0060596774
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Winter Poems

Winter Poems

Selected by Barbara Rogasky
Illustrator:   Trina Schart Hyman 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 12
Scholastic , 1999   ISBN: 978-0590428736
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Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children

Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children

Jane Yolen
Photographer: Jason Stemple
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Boyds Mills Press, 2005   ISBN: 1590783468
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