Poetry Month reads

List of JFIC books in verse and poetry collections for youth and middle school readers.

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Book cover for "Little cat's luck"
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A little cat named Patches manages to push out a window screen and leave her house, chasing a falling leaf, and sets out to find a special place to call her own.
Book cover for "Serengeti"
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"Award-winning science poetry master Leslie Bulion presents a lyrical salute to Africa's Serengeti Plain, one of the most spectacular and productive ecosystems on Earth. Leslie Bulion, a virtuoso science poet, has created a portrait of the rainy season on East Africa's southern Serengeti Plain, offering young readers a compelling look at an ecosystem in motion. Using a series of interconnected verses inspired by an East African Swahili poem form--the...
Book cover for "This poem is a nest"
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"What can you find in a poem about a robin's nest? Irene Latham ... discovers 'nestlings,' or smaller poems about [a] ... variety of subjects--emotions, wild animals, natural landmarks on all seven continents, even planets and constellations. Each poem is a ... spark of wonder that will prompt readers to look at the world afresh"--Publisher marketing