Bibliography of Poetry Books Used in Collage Work with 3rd Graders

This is  a list of poetry books that I used with teachers and their third graders in the development of writing fluency through collage.

Adedjouma, Davida (Ed.) & Gregory Christie (Illus). (1996). The palm of my heart: Poetry by African American children. New York: Lee & Low.

Adoff, Arnold & Lisa Desimini (Illus.). (2000). Touch the poem. New York: Blue Sky Press.

Alarcón, Francisco X. & Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illus.). (2005). Laughing tomatoes: And other spring poems/Jitomates risuenos: y otros poemas de primavera. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Argueta, Jorge & Lucia Angela Perez. (Illus.). (2006). Talking with mother earth/Hablando con madre tierra: Poems/poemas. Toronto: Groundwood Books. 

Argueta, Jorge & Elizabeth Gómez (Illus.). (2001).  A movie in my pillow/Una película en mi almohada.  San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.

Berry, James (Selected) & Katherine Lucas (Illus.). (2004). Around the world in 80 poems. New York: Macmillan Children's Books.

Blaikie, Lynn. (2006). Beyond the northern lights. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 

Brenner, Barbara (Ed.) & S.D. Schindler (Illus.). (1994). The earth is painted green: A garden of poems about our planet. New York: Scholastic.

Bouchard, David & Allen Sapp (Illus.). (2006). Nokum is my teacher. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press.

Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki) & Thomas Locker (Illus.). (1998). The earth under Sky Bear’s feet.  New York: Putnam Juvenile.

Campbell, Nicola I. & Kim LaFave (Illus.). (2005). Shi-shi-etko. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Carlson, Lori Marie & Emily Lisker (Illus.). (1998). Sol a sol: Original and selected bilingual poems. New York: Henry Holt.

Dawes, Kwame & Tom Feelings (Illus.). (2004). I saw your face. New York: Dial.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence & Ashley Bryan, Carole Byard, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Brian Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney and Faith Ringgold (Illus.). (1999). Jump back honey:  The poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.  New York: Hyperion.

Elliott, Zetta & Shadra Strickland (Illus.). (2008). Bird. New York: Lee & Low.

Florian, Doug. (2007). Comet, stars, the moon, and mars: Space poems and paintings. San Diego: Harcourt.

Frame, Jeron Ashford & R. Gregory Christie (Illus.).  (2003).  Yesterday I Had the Blues.  Berkeley: Tricycle.

George, Kristine O'Connell & Barry Moser (Illus.). (2004). Hummingbird nest: A journal of poems. San Diego: Harcourt.

Giovanni, Nikki (Ed.). (2008). Hip hop speaks to children: A celebration of poetry with a beat. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Gollub, Matthew & Kazuko G. Stone (Illus.). (2004). Cool melons turn to frogs!: The life and poems of Issa. New York: Lee & Low.

Graves, Edwin Wilson (Ed.) & Jerome Lagarrigue (Illus.) (2007). Poetry for young people: Maya Angelou. New York: Sterling.

Greenberg, Jan (Ed). (2008). Side by side: New poems inspired by art from around the world. New York: Abrams.

Greenfield, Eloise, & Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illus.). (2007). When the horses ride by: Children in the times of war. New York: Lee & Low Books.

Grimes, Nikki & Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illus.). (2006). Thanks a million. New York: Amistad.

Gunning, Monica & Ken Condon (Illus.). (2004). America, my new home. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Havill, Juanita & Christine Davenier (Illus.). (2006). I heard it from Alice Zucchini: Poems about the garden. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

High, Linda Oatman & Bill Farnsworth (Illus.). (2001). A humble life: Plain poems. New York: Candlewick.

Hines, Anna Grossnickle. (2003). Pieces: A year in poems & quilts. New York: HarperTrophy.

Ho, Minfong & Jean Tseng & Mou-sien Tseng (Illus.). (1996). Maples in the mist: Children’s poems from the Tang Dynasty. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Hopkins, Lee Bennett (Ed.) & Stephen Alcorn (Illus.). (2002). Home to me: Poems across America. New York: Orchard.

Janeczko, Paul B. (Sel.) & Robert Rayevsky  (Illus.). (2007). Hey, you!: Poems to skyscrapers, mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things. New York: HarperCollins.

Jones, Lessie Little & Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illus.). (2000). Children of long ago. New York: Lee & Low.

Lee, Claudia  M. & Rafael Yockteng (Illus.). (2002). Messengers of rain: And other poems from Latin America. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Letria, Jose Jorge & Andre Letria (Illus.).  (2006). The moon has written you a poem. Translated by Maurice Riordan. Kent, England: WingedChariot Press.

Maher, Ramona & Shonto Begay (Diné). (Illus.). (2003).  Alice Yazzie’s year. Berkeley: Tricycle Press. 

Mak, Kim. (2001). My Chinatown: One year in poems. New York: HarperCollins.

Medina, Jane & Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Illus.). (2004). My name is Jorge: On both sides of the river.  Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Medina, Tony & Jesse Joshua Watson (Illus.). (2009). I and I Bob Marley. New York: Lee & Low.

Miller, Kate. (2007). Poems in black & white. Asheville, NC: Front Street.

Mora, Pat & Paula S. Barragan (Illus.). (2004). Love to Mama: A tribute to mothers. New York: Lee & Low.

Mora, Pat & Francisco X, Mora (illus.). (2001). Listen to the desert/Oye al desierto. New York: Clarion.

Muse, Daphne (Ed.) & Charlotte Riley Webb (Illus.). (2005). Entrance place of wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Abrams.

Myers, Walter Dean & Nina Laden (Illus.). (2000). The blues of Flats Brown. New York: Holiday House.

Neil, Philip (Ed.) & Maryclare Foa (Illus.). (1995). Songs are thoughts: Poems of the Inuit. New York: Orchard.

Nye, Naomi Shihab (Ed.) & Dan Yaccarion (Illus.). (2000).  Come with Me: Poems for a Journey.  New York: Greenwillow.

Olaleye, Isaac & Frane Lessac (Illus.). (2001). The distant talking drum: Poems from Nigeria. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Pappas, T. (1991). Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices. San Carlos, CA: Wide World/Tetra.

Park, Linda Sue & Istvan Banyai (Illus.). (2007). Tap dancing on the roof: Sijo. New York: Clarion.

Richards, Beah E. & R. Gregory Christie (Illus.). (2006). Keep climbing, girls. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Schertle, Alice & Kenneth Addison (Illus.). 2007. We. New York: Lee and Low.

Shange, Ntozake & Kadir Nelson (Illus.). (2004). Ellington was not a street. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Sidman, Joyce & Beth Krommes (Illus.). (2006). Butterfly eyes and other secrets of the meadow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Siebert, Diane & Stephen T. Johnson (Illus.). (2006). Tour America: Through poems and art. Gosau, Switzerland: Seastar.

Soto, Gary & David Diaz (Illus.). (2005). Neighborhood odes. San Diego: Harcourt.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk (Rosebud Sioux) & Stephen Gammell (Illus.). (1991). Dancing teepees: Poems of American Indian youth. New York: Holiday House.

Swamp, Jake (Mohawk) & Erwin Printup, Jr. (Illus). (1995). Giving thanks: A Native American good morning message. New York: Lee & Low.

Tadjo, Veronica (Ed.). (2004). Talking drums: A collection of poems from Africa south of the Sahara. New York: Bloomsbury.

Thomas, Joyce Carol & Floyd Cooper (Illus.). (2008). The blacker the berry. New York: Amistad.

Troupe, Quincy & Lisa Cohen (Illus.). (2005). Little Stevie Wonder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Vecchione, Patrice (Ed.). (2002). Whisper and shout: Poems to memorize. Chicago, IL: Cricket Books/Marcato.

Walker, Alice & Stefano Vitale (Illus.). (2007). Why war is never a good idea. New York: HarperCollins.

Weatherford, Carole Boston & Sean Quails (Illus.). (2008). Before John was a jazz giant: A song of John Coltrane. New York: Henry Holt.

Weatherford, Carole Boston & Dimitrea Tokumbo (Illus.). (2001). Sidewalk chalk: Poems of the city. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Williams, Vera B. 2004. Amber was brave, Essie was smart. New York: HarperTrophy.

Whitman, Walt & Loren Long (Illus.). (2004). When I heard the learn’d astronomer. New York: Simon & Schuster.

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Wong, Janet, S & Julie Paschkis (Illus.). (2007). Twist: Yoga poems. New York: Margaret K. McElderry.

Wong, Janet, S & Julie Paschkis (Illus.). (2007). Good luck gold and other poems. New York: Aladdin.

Wong, Janet, S & Julie Paschkis (Illus.). (2000). Night garden: Poems from the world of dreams. New York: Margaret E. McElderry Books.

Worth, Valerie & Steve Jenkins (Illus.). (2007). Animal poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Yerxa, Leo. (2006). Ancient thunder. Toronto, Ontario: Groundwood Books.