From the stacks

 Sharing poems with your child helps children develop a love of language. Read more...
 
One book in our collection that is just right for introducing poems to your child is, Here's a Little Poem: a very first book of poetry, Ccollected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters; Illustrated by Poly Dumbar.

A.A. Milne, author of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh wrote some terrific poems.

Halfway Down by A.A. Milne
Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other stair
Quite like
It.

I'm not at the bottom,
I'm not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.

Celebrate National Poetry Month during April

Douglas Florian is just one of my favorite poets. His poems are witty and he frequently uses the natural world as his subject. Some titles include: Mammalabilia, Dinothesaurus, Insectlopedia, and many more. Florian is also an artist, so each book is illustrated by him. He incorporates elements of collage, watercolor, and gouache on a surface of primed paper bags. To learn more about Florian, visit his webpage.

In unBEElievables: honeybee poems and paintings takes readers through the life cycle of the honeybee. Added on each page is a scientific fact, making this a great book to share with children who want to learn more about how bees make honey.

Honey

So many blossoms!

So many flowers!

So much flying---

Hours and hours!

So much nectar

Needed to eat

So honey

All will end up sweet!

In the sidebar we learn that a colony of bees may visit more than a million flowers to make just one pound of honey.

Check out unBEElievables or other books by Florian. They are too good to miss.