Central Kansas Library System

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...

A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky.

A collection of poems of boys' and girls' fun at Halloween.

Uses alliteration, rhyme, and repetition to invite children to read along with peers or with an adult.

A collection of poems about animals and their winter habits, from the perspectives of migrating tundra swans, hibernating snakes, and more.

A re-illustrated collection of lighthearted Valentine poems includes such works as "I Made My Dog a Valentine" and "I Love You More Than Applesauce."

A collection of short poems and riddles about planting seeds, watching garden vegetables dance, and growing jack-o-lanterns.

Jeremy Bloom has been assigned poetry writing as a class project. The result is this collection of poetry.