¿Poesía? ¡Qué horror! (Poetry? Yuck!) by Kathleen C Petersen

Act out the story of two boys who have to write poems for school. With the help of their siblings, these boys discover that poetry isn't always "yucky". Poetry can also be fun, smart, silly, and funny! This Spanish-translated script features roles...

¡Di algo! (Speak Up!) by Erica Sirotch

This collection of poetry contains short traditional poems from countries all around the world. In addition, young readers are given a table of contents to navigate through the book. Children will enjoy the rhyming as well as the creative illustrations...

¡Brumm, brumm! Poemas acerca de cosas con ruedas (Vroom, Vroom! Poems About Things with Wheels) by Yanitzia Canetti

Using a variety of styles and conventions, this book is an exciting and humorous way to expose young readers to poetry. All of the poems contain literary elements such as alliteration, imagery, and rhyming. Young readers will love the cartoon-style...

El Loro Tico Tango by Anna Witte

Come down to the rainforest to meet Tico Tango and his animal friends. Tico Tango wants all of the fruit in the forest, even though it belongs to other animals. Will he learn whats right and wrong? The rhyming text teaches colors and animals, as well as...

Vivamos la Granja! by Jan Dobbins

A family and two friends spend a day on the farm learning what activities happen there. Includes endnotes on what products come from a farm.

Miguel y Su Valiente Caballero: El Joven Cervantes Suena a Don Quixote by Margarita Engle

This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel. The son of a gambling, vagabond barber-surgeon, Miguel looks to his own...

En lo profundo del desierto by Rhonda Lucas Donald

Catchy desert twists on traditional children’s songs and poems will have children chiming in about cactuses, camels, and more as they learn about the desert habitat and its flora and fauna. Tarkawara hops on the desert sand instead of a kookaburra...