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This guide contains information on the library's collection of resources relating to National Poetry Month and poetry in general.
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Reference Books & Compilations
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Poetry by ISBN: 9781107040366Publication Date: 2015-01-19
Audiobooks
The Canterbury TalesCall Number: CD 821.1 CHAUCERISBN: 1433249723
Poetry for Teens
Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets Under 25Call Number: YA 811.608 TIMEISBN: 0061896373A collection of poems from 25 poets.
Amiri & Odette: A Love Story / A Poem by Call Number: YA FIC MYERSISBN: 9780590680417A novel in verse.
Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.
Poetry for Kids
A Light in the Attic by ISBN: 0060256745Publication Date: 1981-10-07A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.
Classic PoetryISBN: 1564028909Publication Date: 1998-11-04A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the poets, brief biographical background, and illustrations
One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children by ISBN: 0192761900Publication Date: 1999-09-02This is a comprehensive celebration of 100 years of poetry written for children.
