Seasons in Poetry
updated March 1, 2010
Winter
Snow by Cynthia Rylant
Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems ed. by X. J. Kennedy et al.
- "Winter Morning" by Ogden Nash
- "Cynthia in the Snow" by Gwendolyn Brooks
- "First Snowflake" by N.M. Bodecker
Poetry of Earth
illus. by Adrienne Adams
- "Velvet Shoes" by Elinor Wylie
Poetry Speaks to Children book & CD ed. by Elise Paschen, et al.
- "Skating in the Wind" by Kristine O'Connell George
- "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost - read by the poet
- "Winter" by W.D. Snodgrass - read by the poet
Spring
Basho and the Fox by Tim Myers
Basho and the River Stones by Tim Myers
How to Write Haiku and Other Short Poems
by Paul Janeczko
Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder
ed. by Sylvia Cassedy
Eric Carle's Animals Animals ed. by Laura Whipple
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss
Summer
The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry
ed. by Alison Sage
Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud by Lynn Plourde
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Every Time I Climb a Tree by David McCord
- "Glowworm"
- "Far Away"
- "The Grasshopper"
- "Bananas and Cream"
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky
Handsprings by Douglas Florian
- "Growing"
- "Rain Song"
- "Rain Reign"
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
- "The Army Ants"
- "The Inchworm"
- "The Praying Mantis"
- "The Whirligig Beetles"
- "The Termites"
- "The Locusts"
Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs by Douglas Florian
- "The Poodles"
- "The Dalmatian"
- "The Whippet"
- "The Dachshund"
- "The Ocelot"
- "The Leopard"
Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky by Georgia Heard
- "Hummingbird"
- "Fishes"
- "Frog Serenade"
Autumn
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Here's a Little Poem ed. by Jane Yolen, et al
Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman
I Love You As Much… by Laura Krauss Melmed
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
In the Land of Elves by Daniela Drescher
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen
Louella Mae, She's Run Away! by Karen Beaumont Alarcón
The Emperor's New Clothes adapted by Marcus Sedgwick
The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
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