Youth Poetry Collections & Novels in Verse

Check out these titles to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 and National Poetry Month in April! 

Flooded
Flooded
Ann E. Burg
Grasping Mysteries
Grasping Mysteries
Jeannine Atkins
Moo
Moo
(none)
A Slip of a Girl
A Slip of a Girl
Patricia Reilly Giff
May B.
May B.
Caroline Starr Rose
The Crossover
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
Looking for Me
Looking for Me
Betsy R. Rosenthal
Full Cicada Moon
Full Cicada Moon
Marilyn Hilton
Lifeboat 12
Lifeboat 12
(none)
The Moon Within
The Moon Within
Aida Salazar
They Call Me Güero
They Call Me Güero
David O. Bowles
Other Words for Home
Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga
It Rained Warm Bread
It Rained Warm Bread
Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, Hope Anita Smith
Beyond Me
Beyond Me
Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
All He Knew
All He Knew
Helen Frost
The Places We Sleep
The Places We Sleep
Caroline Brooks DuBois
Before the Ever After
Before the Ever After
Jacqueline Woodson
The Canyon's Edge
The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling
Closer to Nowhere
Closer to Nowhere
Ellen Hopkins
Red, White, and Whole
Red, White, and Whole
Rajani LaRocca
Every Thing On It
Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
Voices of Justice
Voices of Justice
George Ella Lyon
Book of Nature Poetry
Book of Nature Poetry
J. Patrick Lewis
Can I Touch Your Hair?
Can I Touch Your Hair?
Irene Latham, Charles Waters
Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror
Marilyn Singer
Busy in the Garden
Busy in the Garden
George Shannon
Mommy Goose
Mommy Goose
(none)
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
A Light in the Attic
A Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein
Locomotion
Locomotion
Jacqueline Woodson
Becoming Muhammad Ali
Becoming Muhammad Ali
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander
Under the Broken Sky
Under the Broken Sky
Mariko Nagai