Children's Poetry BooksBite-Sized Rhyme!Let's define children's poetry books If we called a book "poetry" just because it was in rhyme, all of Dr. Seuss would qualify.
But since children's books are so often told in rhyme, we need a different definition. How about "children's books featuring collections of short poems"? And here's the good news: there are a couple organizations keeping track of what the best poetry books and who the best children's poets are! The Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for best children's poetry book Awarded each year since 1993, the Hopkins Award goes to the best anthology or single volume poem written for children in the previous year. The judges look for imagination, emotion, figurative language and conciseness of thought - all the elements of good poetry. They seek out beauty and truth and accessibility (and appropriateness) for children. The book is aimed at an audience between birth and 14 years old. The winners!... (Titles that appear as links are reviewed on this site.)
The NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children The National Council of Teachers of English presents an award honoring a living American poet whose work is directed at children ages 3-13. The links in the list of winners below lead to each author's page on Amazon.
It's hard not to notice that many people's favorite children's poet, Shel Silverstein Children's poetry books reviewed on this site Check out our reviews of these children's poetry books!
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