National Poetry Month: Puppet Poetry
Learn about a variety of types of poetry, with puppets!
Andrea and Chanel spent some time with our resident puppets to learn about different kinds of poetry, including clerihew, haiku, parody and cinquain.
Want to explore more about poetry?
Here are a few library resources you can use to see poetry in eBooks and databases to learn more.
eBooks
For a mixture of kids and adult poetry titles, including some books in Chinese and Spanish, see our collection on Overdrive. Below are some titles we’ve picked for kids:
Read Sings from the Treetops: a Year in Color by Joyce Sidman
I Like Stars by Margaret Wise Brown (Early Reader)
Digger, Dozer, Dumper by Hope Vestergaard
GUYKU: a Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka
Rufus and Friends: School Days by Iza Trapani
Databases
Use your library card to access premium resources to explore poetry
Credo, search Poetry Forms
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center, search Poetry
NoveList K-8, search Poetry
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