1. Values of Poetry for Children b Pure enjoyment b knowledge of world b appropriate language and expand vocabulary b identify with people and situations

2. b Familiar moods and feelings b Insights into themselves and others b Sensitivity to universal needs and feelings

3. NCTE Outstanding Poets b 1977David McCord b 1978Aileen Fisher b 1979Karla Kuskin b 1980Myra Cohn Livingston b 1981Eve Merriam b 1982John Ciardi b 1985Lillian Moore

4. b 1988Arnold Adoff b 1991Valerie Worth b 1994Barbara Esbensen b 1997Eloise Greenfield b 2000

5. Newbery Winners b 1982Nancy Willard’s A Visit to William Blake’s Inn b 1989Sid Fleisman’s A Joyful Noise

6. New York Times Best Seller List b 1981Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic; Best Seller List 182 weeks b 1982T.S. Elliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats; CATS -- musical b 3 million copies sold Where the Sidewalks Ends

7. Poems Children Prefer b Contemporary poems b Poems about familiar & enjoyable experiences b Story poems b Humor b Poems with rhythm & rhyme

8. Criteria for Selecting Poetry b Exciting meters & rhythms b Sound & word play b Strong imagery b Simple stories, lots of action

9. b Not condescending b Children required to interpret and extend b Delightful, happy, funny b Good enough to be read repeatedly

10. Elements of Poetry b Rhythm b Rhyme and other Sound Patterns alliterationalliteration assonanceassonance onomatopoeiaonomatopoeia

11. b Repetition b Imagery metaphorsmetaphors similessimiles personificationpersonification hyperbolehyperbole b Shape

12. Forms of Poetry b Lyric b Narrative b Ballads b Limericks b Concrete Poems b Haiku

13. Poems and Poets b Nursery Rhymes b Nature Poems b Characters, Situations, and Locations b Moods and Feelings b Animals b Witches and Ghosts

14. b Edward Lear b Lewis Carroll b Laura E. Richards b Shel Silverstein b Jack Prelutsky b William Jay Smith b John Ciardi

15. b Robert Frost b Aileen Fisher b Byrd Baylor b Paul Fleischman b Myra Cohn Livingston b Valerie Worth b David McCord

16. b Langston Hughes b Cynthia Rylant