Brilliant poetry collections for kids

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Poetry collections and anthologies that kids will love.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
15,912 members
482 reviews
½ 4.3
9 Members
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A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
10,726 members
207 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
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3
When We Were Very Young
by A. A. Milne
5,628 members
52 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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4
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
8,215 members
95 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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5
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
by Roald Dahl
2,794 members
64 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Moomin_Mama, charl08, norabelle414, skullduggery, jeffza
6
A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories and Poems
by Spike Milligan
158 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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7
A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children
by Caroline Kennedy
864 members
37 reviews
½ 4.5
3 Members
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8
Falling Up: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
7,913 members
199 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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9
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
by Jack Prelutsky
1,669 members
29 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
SqueakyChu, skullduggery
10
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
by Iona Opie
826 members
14 reviews
4
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, SylviaC
11
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
by Jack Prelutsky
973 members
24 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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12
Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies
by Julie Andrews
269 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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13
Alligator Pie
by Dennis Lee
510 members
19 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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14
Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary
by Julie Larios
84 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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15
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young
by Martha Alexander
979 members
3 reviews
4
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16
The Magic Circle: Stories and People in Poetry
by Louis Untermeyer
33 members
1 review
4
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aulsmith
17
Tasty Poems
by Jill Bennett
26 members
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Soupdragon
18
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories
by Tim Burton
3,734 members
59 reviews
3.9
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Moomin_Mama
19
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
by Edward Lear
1,265 members
15 reviews
4
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Moomin_Mama
20
Cautionary Verses
by Hilaire Belloc
319 members
8 reviews
4.2
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Moomin_Mama
21
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T. S. Eliot
6,730 members
90 reviews
4
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22
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination
by Mary Ann Hoberman
159 members
11 reviews
4.2
Member
skullduggery
23
Nicholas Knock and Other People: Poems
by Dennis Lee
45 members
½ 4.5
Member
SylviaC
24
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
2,056 members
92 reviews
4.1
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25
Come Hither: A Family Treasure
by Walter De la Mare
214 members
4 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
SylviaC
26
Garbage Delight
by Dennis Lee
121 members
½ 4.5
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SylviaC
27
The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry
by Brian Patten
97 members
1 review
4.8
Member
skullduggery
29
A Child's Book of Poems
by Gyo Fujikawa
908 members
9 reviews
4.1
Member
cej1027
30
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
by Jack Prelutsky
928 members
8 reviews
4
Member
cej1027
31
The Puffin Twentieth-Century Collection of Verse
by Brian Patten
31 members
4
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skullduggery
32
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
by Langston Hughes
943 members
19 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
cej1027
33
The Pelican Chorus: and Other Nonsense
by Edward Lear
157 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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34
A Curious Collection of Cats
by Betsy Franco
87 members
14 reviews
4
Member
skullduggery
35
A Child's Anthology of Poetry
by Elizabeth Hauge Sword
553 members
10 reviews
4.1
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36
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye
528 members
22 reviews
4.1
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37
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
by Beatrice Shenk de Regniers
1,010 members
25 reviews
4.2
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skullduggery
38
Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose
by Scott Gustafson
306 members
10 reviews
½ 4.5
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cej1027
39
Haiku Picturebook for Children
by Keisuke Nishimoto
20 members
½ 4.3
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40
Keep a Pocket in Your Poem: Classic Poems and Playful Parodies
by J. Patrick Lewis
49 members
3 reviews
3.9
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41
Hailstones and Halibut Bones
by Mary Le Duc O'Neill
1,213 members
27 reviews
½ 4.3
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42
Marigold Garden
by Kate Greenaway
254 members
2 reviews
3.2
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43
Don't You Turn Back
by Langston Hughes
20 members
3 reviews
4
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45
The Frogs and Toads All Sang
by Arnold Lobel
256 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
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46
Candy Corn: Poems
by James Stevenson
133 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
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47
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Robert Browning
1,271 members
16 reviews
4
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48
Poetry for Young People: Animal Poems
by John Hollander
329 members
4 reviews
4.1
49
The World Is Round
by Gertrude Stein
245 members
3 reviews
3.8
51
The Children's Library: Poems
by Mary E. Burt
98 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5