Poetry Friday: Prize Contenders

I count on the nominations for the annual Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards to keep me up to date on poetry books. Suggestions for the 2008 prize are stacking up at the Cybils web site, and here are some that I added to our library list so far. (Don't worry. I'll only pick up a couple at a time.)

Frankenstein Takes the Cake, by Adam Rex

Honeybee, by Naomi Shihab Nye

Lady Liberty, written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Matt Tavares

M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children, by Linda Ashman and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.

America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn

Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights: Poems About Fall, by Laura Purdie Salas

My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Pirates, written by David L. Harrison and illustrated by Dan Burr

Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures, written by Julie Larios and illustrated by Julie Paschkis

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat, edited by Nikki Giovanni

Birds on a Wire, written by J. Patrick Lewis & Paul B. Janeczko, and illustrated by Gary Lippincott

For more rhyme and meter and such, check the Poetry Friday roundup at the blog Two Writing Teachers.

photo: "Parking Lot Puddle," by me

Comments

[Vivian]

Great recommendations, Susan!

[Susan (Chicken Spaghetti)]

Hi, Vivian. Love those Cybils! I'll miss being on a committee with you this year.

[Kelly Fineman]

Thank you for posting those. I had massive internet issues in Chicago, and didn't even get to post a thing for Poetry Friday last week.

[Susan (Chicken Spaghetti)]

You're welcome, Kelly. I may have to go with David Harrison's "Pirates" first.