Record poet, book title, date of publication, publisher under each poem. Find other books by winners of the NCTE Award for Poetry. Survey students in your school to see which poems they like best. Find poems for summer fun. Include Rebecca Dotlich's Lemonade Sun and Sandra Olson Liatsos's Bicycle Riding .
Children love nonsense verse.
Make a collection of bedtime poems. Poems and Prayers for Children and Susan Heyboer O'Keefe's Angel Prayers . Also include A Small Treasury of Christmas Poems and Prayers as well as A Small Treasury of Easter Poems and Prayers , both illustrated by Susan Spellman. John Ciardi plays with the subtle meanings in language as he crafts poems. Ciardi says he likes to make language dance a bit.