"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...

Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry. -- provided by publisher.

An illustrated collection of silly nonsense poems about topics kids care about: talents, avoiding homework, friends and more.

A collection of poems for young children that explores a variety of trains.

"For children discovering their individuality, this beautiful poem celebrates uniqueness, love, and self-awareness"-- Cover back.

A collection of poems that celebrate the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood.

An anthology of poems about school, plus "Toolbox tips" that help the reader understand poetry and how poems are written.

A collection of poems which show angels guiding, comforting, and protecting Afro-American children during milestones in their lives as well as in the course of everyday activities.

"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet." -- Jacket.

Poems celebrating a teacher's point of view include "Perfect Attendance," "The Empty Desk," "Library-Gold," "The Note I Never Sent," and "The School Secretary."