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Contains texts of twenty-three spirituals, traditional songs, street cries, chants, hand-clapping songs, and contemporary songs for children, with an appendix discussing the origins of each song and showing the melodic line.

An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.

An illustrated collection of poems about a variety of elementary school experiences.

An illustrated collection of poems by such authors as Dorothy Aldis, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, and Federico Garcia Lorca.

A collection of poems about the four seasons by one of best-known American poets.

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

Presents an illustrated version of Longfellow's famous narrative poem about Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

A collection of short nonsense verses and nursery rhymes.

An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics, written by children's author Jack Prelutsky.

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

Twenty-four poems about various aspects of going to school.

An illustrated version of the classic Christmas poem about a visit from St.

A collection of poems each of which appears on the page in the shape of its subject so that the poem looks like whatever it's about.

Text and accompanying photographs present a collection of American poetry that celebrates over 200 years of American life and history as illustrated by fine art from the collection of the National Museum of American Art.

Twelve poems featuring a vampire, werewolf, ghoul, and other monsters.