Poetry Bins

Ten Tubs are available for checkout. Each tub has a basic theme and contains 15-20 books. We can also include various hands on resources such as magnetic poetry, flannelgraphs, puppets and videos.  Poetry trifold

Examples of some of the books included:

Poetry Bin #1 -- For Older Kids -- Miscellaneous
How to Write, Recite and Delight in all Kinds of Poetry
If I Were in charge of the World and Other Worries by Judith Viorst
Time to Rhyme: A Rhyming Dictionary

Poetry Bin #2 -- For Younger Kids -- Miscellaneous
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Ann Hoberman
Ellington was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange
Grasshopper Pie and Other Poems by David Steinberg

Poetry Bin #3 -- Animals
This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Tabeck
Bow Wow Meow Meow by Douglas Florian
Dirty Dog Boogie by Loris Lesynski

Poetry Bin #4 -- Nature, Weather, Seasons
Leaf by Leaf by Barbara Rogasky
Summer Saults by Douglas Florian
Song of the Water Boatman by Joyce Sidman

Poetry Bin #5 -- Humor
If Kids Ruled the School by Bruce Lansky
Exploding Gravy by X. J. Kennedy
It's Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelutsky

Poetry Bin #6 -- Folktale Poetry/ Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes
Playtime Rhymes for Little People by Claire Beaton
Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
William Wegman's Mother Goose

Folktale Bin #1
How the Rooster Got His Crown by Amy Lowry Poole
Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin by Jessica Souhami
Moon Rope by Lois Ehlert

Folktale Bin #2
The Three Spinning Fairies by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Ananse and the Lizard by Pat Cummings
The Language of Birds by Rafe Martin

Folktale Bin #3
Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson
The Legend of the Lady Slipper by Lise Larsen and Margi Preus
Luba and the Wren by Patricia Polacco

Easy Folktale Bin #4
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy
Town Mose and Country Mouse by Jan Brett