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Life Doesn't Frighten Me (93 Edition)
by Maya Angelou
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"Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn't frighten me at all"
Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a... (read more)
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Science Verse
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
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"Amoeba"
Don't ever tease a wee amoeba
By calling him a her amoeba.
And don't call her a him amoeba.
Or never he a she amoeba.
'Cause whether his or hers amoeba,
They too feel like you and meba.
What if a boring lesson... (read more)
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T. S. Eliot
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Eliots famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.... (read more)
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Handsprings
by Douglas Florian
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Twenty–nine poems about spring are illustrated with Douglas Florian's distinctive and buoyant watercolours and extol the many virtues of the season–from those muddy puddles and emerging bulbs to rain showers and rainbows and that first day... (read more)
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I Just Hope It's Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy
by Liz Rosenberg and Deena November
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The teenage years are a time filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. Sometimes it feels that every day brings a new struggle, a new concern, a new reason to stay in bed with the shades drawn. But between moments of despair... (read more)
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Wicked Poems
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Roger McGough has delved into the depths of impiety, amassing verse by Shakespeare and Kipling, Nash and Eliot, as well as new works, some written especially for this anthology. Exuberantly illustrated by Neal Layton, Wicked Poems is devilish good fun... (read more)
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Grimericks
by Susan Pearson and Gris Grimly
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Dear Reader, please lend me your ear.
If ghosts, ghouls, and goblins you fear,
Don't open this book.
No — don't even look!
There are spooky things hiding in here.
A witty collection of 20 limericks about things spooky, creepy, and crawly!... (read more)
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A Fire in My Hands
by Gary Soto
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Few writers capture the everyday moments of life like Gary Soto. In direct and vivid poems, he draws from his own youth in California's Central Valley to portray the joys and sorrows of young people. His writing focuses on Latino characters, yet speaks... (read more)
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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko
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Acclaimed poetry anthologist Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Raschka present lively examples of 29 poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms so wonderfully to life.... (read more)
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Scranimals
by Jack Prelutsky
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We're sailing to Scranimal Island, It doesn't appear on most maps.... Scranimal Island is where you will find the fragrant Rhinocerose, the cunning Broccolions, and if you are really, really lucky and very, very quiet, you will spot the gentle, shy... (read more)
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