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Poetry books

Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings
Amazon Price: $12.91
Customer Reviews:
» A great book of poems for your kids and nostalgia from your childhood. I read them to my 22 month old twins and they love it.

» A completely magical collection! The imagination and wit of Shel Silverstein never ceases to amaze me as he does anything to make kids laugh (and, to my eternal gratitude) educate them.

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» Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition poems and drawings my children loves it and i would tell everyone to read it.

» I purchased this book for my grandchildren. I enjoyed reading this book
my children, they loved it. I can't wait to reread it to little loves!It is the greatest don't hesitate to purchase it fo...

» I find this book to be wonderful in ways I don't have words for, my grandmother read me this book when i was young enough to not know how to read it to myself, and it has remained my favorite ever sin...

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
by Mem Fox
Amazon Price: $10.36
Customer Reviews:
» This is a lovely book, and makes a great "new baby" gift! Rhymes and repetition make it a favorite of my 18-month old. Illustrations are beautiful!

» I sent this product back as I did not receive what I needed/wanted and they sent me the same thing so I kept it. I wanted this same book for a baby in a "Board Book" but I got a hard bound book which ...

» Fun to read with the new baby - older siblings get into the rhyme as well

» Dear little babies with their characteristically busy little fingers and stubby little playdough toes delight the reader with their realism. Thank you, Helen Oxenbury! A singalong rhythm that is "easy...

» Nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes-and the babies they go with, of course.

Ten Little Finger and Ten Little Toes is a celebration of babies everywhere. City ba...

Free to Be...You and Me (The 35th Anniversary Edition, Hardcover)
by Marlo Thomas and Friends
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Reviews:
» The book comes with a CD of songs...the updated illustrations are terrific, the book is fun, and brings back many memories of my children's childhood. I am looking forward to sharing these with my gra...

» I purchased Free to Be You and Me for my grandchildren for Christmas. The new edition of the book looks very good. In the write-up it indicated that there was a CD included. I, of course, thought t...

» I bought this for my 5 year old son because I had the original book as a child. The book has been updated and it's absolutely wonderful. The songs are still the original songs which are fun to hear ag...

» I first bought the VHS, Free To Be You and Me for my daughter and my school in 1979. It was loved by everyone and very ahead of its time. Kids and parents alike loved it and it was shown frequently ...

» I gave this book five stars because it is beautifully illustrated and a wonderful new edition of this old classic. It does include a CD, and my one complaint is that the CD only has four songs on it....

Dirt on My Shirt
by Jeff Foxworthy
Amazon Price: $11.55
Customer Reviews:
» This is a very cute book, my son really enjoys having the stories read to him. Although, I was under the impression that it was a story about a little boy, but its acutally a collection of stories an...

» A wonderful child's book!!!! I didn't know Jeff had it in him!!!! As much fun to read as it is to watch the children's faces you read it to.

» Picked up this book while looking for things to get my son interested in reading. LOVE IT! He giggled and chuckled all the way through, while I had him break down the poems to make sure he was compr...

» If you're expecting to read the "typical" Foxworthy book you're going to be disappointed with "Dirt on my Shirt." Instead, you'll discover that his genius is considerably greater and more extensive th...

» I am delighted with this book, honestly I dind't expect the book to be so good and funny but it is indeed!!

I use this book to teach English and my students love the rhymes and images of ...

The King James Bible (with book and chapter navigation)
by Various
Amazon Price: $3.48
Customer Reviews:
» Reading the Bible on Kindle is pleasant. The ability to highlight passages and look up words is beneficial.

» This offers book and chapter navigation - without such an ebook of this size is useless. I have tried a number and this is by far the best and worthy of 5 stars. Also includes a previous and next link...

» This was the 3rd or 4th purchase I made when I received my Kindle. I was pretty hesitant that the Kindle version of the Holy Bible would be as good of quality as an original paper copy. I took a few m...

» When I first used my Kindle, I inadvertently downloaded the wrong KJV. It had no table of contents and to get to the New Testament I had to turn every single page. I wasn't through the first chapter ...

» This was one of the easiest books to navigate through that I have ever seen because it emulates the hardcopy. In fact, it's better because I don't have to keep paging and paging to get to where I wan...

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
Amazon Price: $11.62
Customer Reviews:
» Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith do an excellent job of putting together a parody fo the classic tales of Chicken Little, Little Red Riding Hood and others in "The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid...

» I loved this book because it had such an out of the box writing style. The tales play up the silliness that is obvious when reading the original versions. My family got a good giggle from this one! Th...

» Jon Scieszka's The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales (Viking: 1992) reinvigorates classic fairy tales with warped, post-modern retellings. The madness starts when the Little Red Hen inv...

» SURGEON'S GENERAL'S WARNING: It has been determined that these tales are fairly stupid and probably dangerous to your health. But by all means, keep reading "The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly St...

» This is a favorite among the 8-12 year old crowd. Kids who don't want to read anything else will read this. Over and over. Try a read aloud with voices. Have kids act out the parts. There is some...

The Night Before Christmas: The Heirloom Edition
by Christian Birmingham, Clement C. Moore
Amazon Price: $11.53
Customer Reviews:
» Everyone must have a copy of "The Night Before Christmas"! This particular one is special because of the beautiful cover and colorful pictures. It will be passed down through the generations!

» This is a beauifully illustrated edition of my favorite book. I pruchased it for a Baby Shower gift and was thrilled at the "heirloom quality" of the book. The cover was perfect and the little gold st...

» Recommend for Christmas giving, a must for coffee table deco or an heirloom collectable. Done exceptionally well. Home Christmas must have.

» A wonderful book to read to my Grandchildren
Sort of like the one that my father read to me as a child.
Also the price is right.

» This book was purchased for a nine year old grand daughter; once we read it, the decision was made to give it to all the grand children, aged 9, 6, & 4. It is our fervent desire that to this family, ...

The Night Before Christmas Pop-up
by Clement Clarke Moore
Amazon Price: $16.24
Customer Reviews:
» I love this pop-up book and have given many copies as gifts to special people. I recently bought another one to give to a very special family this coming Christmas. I treasure all of Robert Sabuda's ...

» Spectacular Pop-ups, beautifully done, very intricate. Most pages have two separate pop-ups. I will enjoy reading this to my grandchild and we will marvel together at the scenes that magically unfold ...

» Once again, Robert Sabuda has created a wonderful visual masterpiece based on Clement Clarke Moore's classic tale of The Night Before Christmas. It delights the child in all that open the cover, each ...

» I purchased this book to read and show to my grandchildren. They love pop up pictures. It brings the story to life. A book you want to pass on down the family.

» Very creative and well done. The pages are well thought-out and executed. Complicated and clever. Enjoyable.

Love Letters of Great Men
by John C. Kirkland
Amazon Price: $19.95
Customer Reviews:
» This book really touches my heart. Dozens of truly lovely letters from famous men over the centuries. I read one every night before I go to bed.

» It is interesting to know and understand the concept of great writings enduring the years. This writing has done just that, extremely enjoyable and informative of writers from the past incomparison t...

» I bought this book thinking it would be more than it is; not that it is bad, I just expected more letters, and perhaps to be able to actually see the letters as they were written instead of the words ...

» This is a wonderful book, and makes a terrific gift, especially for that special someone. Plus, it's a gift that gives back, since maybe they'll read it to you, or it will inspire you to write your o...

» I think it's too much to even dream that men of today could even understand this kind of love, let alone write about it. I have always been a hopeless romantic but letters like these just take me to a...

A Light in the Attic
Amazon Price: $12.91
Customer Reviews:
» I really loved this book as a kid and I'm hopeing my daughter who I'm introducing to it will feel the same way.

» Your child just might be more capable of appreciating this marvelous book of poetry than you anticipate.

Here's our story. We had brought our child of 20 months to Disney World, at the ...

» I sent this to my grandsons, who love it as much as their mother did. It is a wonderful book to introduce poetry to young people. They read a few every night at bedtime.

» This book is a classic, the poems are wonderful. I enjoyed reading this book when i was 10, and still do. It is a book you will read over and over or just open to look for your favorite poem. Shel Sil...

» Next to the giving tree, this is the second most fondly remembered book of my childhood. The giving tree was read to me much earlier and more often and the strong moral message carried a deep resonanc...