Classroom Poems and Poetry Books

"101 Poems for Teachers"

Books:

• Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein  
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish  by Dr. Seuss
• Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book  by Brian P. Cleary
• Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky
• It's Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelutsky
• The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
• A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky
• Rainy Day Poems by James McDonald
• When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
• Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (personal favorite)
• Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
• The Poet's House by Jude Brigley
• Whimsy Girl  by Jasmine Jean
• Kids Pick the Funniest Poems by Bruce Lansky
• Just Kidding by Mark M. Whelan
• Poetry by the Iguana by Zantippy Skiphop
• Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich  by Adam Rex
• The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
• A Year of Poems by Michael Harrison