Poetry Month 2008
A sample of poetry books featured on PaperTigers through the years

 

 

Alice Schertle, illustrated by Kenneth Addison

We
Lee & Lowe Books, 2007

Jorge Arqueta, illustrated by Luc’a Angela PŽrez,
Talking to Mother Earth/Hablando con Madre Tierra
Groundwood Books, 2006

Chosen by Debjani Chatterjee,
Masala/ Poems from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Macmillan Children's Books, 2005

Tony Johnston, illustrated by Karen Barbour,
The Ancestors Are Singing
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003

 

Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Istvan Banyai
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
Clarion Books, 2007

 

Janet S. Wong, illustrated by Julie Paschkis,

Twist: Yoga Poems

Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007

 

Kam Mak,
My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
HarperCollins, 2002

 

Lori Marie Carlson,
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
Henry Holt, 2005

 

Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Elizabeth G—mez
A Movie in My Pillow/Una pel’cula en mi almohada
ChildrenÕs Book Press, 2002

 

Anonymous, illustrated by JosŽe Masse
Motherbridge of Love
Barefoot Books, 2007

 

Francisco X. Alarcon, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez,
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno
ChildrenÕs Book Press, 2001

Selected by Wendy Cooling, illustrated by Sheila Moxley


All the Colours of the Earth
Frances Lincoln, 2004.

 

Selected by Belinda Hollyer, illustrated by Susan Hellard
She's All That! Poems About Girls
Kingfisher, 2006

 

Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone,

Cool Melons - Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa

Lee & Low, 1998

 

Jorge Luj‡n, illustrated by Mandana Sadat, translated by Elisa Amado
Tarde de invierno / Winter Afternoon
Groundwood Books, 2006

 

Sam Williams, illustrated by Mique Moriuchi,

Talk Peace

Holiday House, 2005.

 

Ed Young,
Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China
Little, Brown & Co., 2006.

 

Illustrated Satoshi Kitamura,
The Carnival of the Animals: Poems inspired by Saint-Sa‘nsÕ music
Walker, 2006.

 

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Posted March 2008