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Offers young readers an amusing collection of rhyming tales, including the story of Georgie Spider, the award-winning pie maker, who serves his pies from a highwire.
Lexile Level: 700
Guided Reading Level: NR

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Lexile Level: 1010
Guided Reading Level: T

A collection of poems about birds to be read aloud by two voices.
Lexile Level: NP

A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.
Lexile Level: NP
Guided Reading Level: P

Rhythmic verses, accompanied by bright illustrations, enhance an informative reference guide for young readers that reviews twenty-one types of insects, including the whirligig beetle, dragonfly, and more.

An introduction to Robert Frost features an abundance of poems, selected by the poet himself, to be read and enjoyed by readers and poets of all ages.
Lexile Level: 1120
Guided Reading Level: NR

Renowned poets such as Jane Yolen, Nancy Willard, and David Mura share their deeply personal feelings on twentieth-century works of art from such artists as Faith Ringgold, Man Ray, Grandma Moses, and Georgia O’Keefe, in a unique introduction to the beauty of art and poetry.
Guided Reading Level: NR

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, Nikki Grimes, and many others celebrate language and all that it ignites, from reading, acting, and writing to haiku and metaphors.

A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
Guided Reading Level: NR

Provides a collection of humorous poems on siblings, parents, pets, and school.
Guided Reading Level: NR

A collection of forty-four poems — told from the point of view of Carver and the people who knew him — provides an account of the life of African American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.
Lexile Level: 890
Guided Reading Level: NR

Recreates the essence of childhood and life in a Mexican-American neighborhood through poems and black-and-white illustrations that evoke the often-forgotten sights, smells, and sounds of long days spent hard at play.
Lexile Level: NP
Guided Reading Level: NR