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Hey, You!

Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things

by Janeczko, Paul B.

This collection of 25 poems includes imaginative odes to such unexpected items as mailboxes, snowflakes, and sea horses.

Moses

When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

by Weatherford, Carole Boston

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced...

Odd Boy Out

Young Albert Einstein

by Brown, Don

An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

Science Verse

by Scieszka, Jon

When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but scienc...

Mathematickles!

by Franco, Betsy

A collection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes.

Peacock and Other Poems

by Worth, Valerie

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Handel, Who Knew What He Liked

by Anderson, M. T.

A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown as a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.

Larky Mavis

by Cole, Brock

Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger of the ...

Awful Ogre's Awful Day

by Prelutsky, Jack

In a series of poems, Awful Ogre rises, grooms himself, dances, pens a letter, and goes through other activities as the day passes.

Big Jabe

by Nolen, Jerdine & Nelson, Kadir

Momma Mary tells stories about a special young man who does wondrous things, especially for the slaves on the Plenty Plantation.