Fancy Nancy and her class learn about poetry and write their own poems to read on Family Day at school.

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writi

An illustrated collection of familiar nursery rhymes.

Starting with the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at market, this tale goes on to describe a series of unruly animals that run amok, evading

A youngster plans all the things he will teach his puppy.

Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they relate to his

Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living

When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem.

Potato Joe leads the other spuds from the familiar nursery rhyme, "One Potato, Two Potato, " in various activities, from a game of tic-tac-toe to

"Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experienc

Collects poems and drawings that feature Runny and other woodland characters speaking his topsy-turvy language.

"Explores the distinctive power of poetry and love--fourth grade style"--