附註:"Grades K-6"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Poetry in the Classroom. Poetry as Literature. Helping Children Discover Poetry. Surrounding Children with Poetry. Finding Poems and Poets Children Will Enjoy. Poetry Every Day -- Ch. 2. Mother Goose. Beginning with Rhymes. Rhymes from the Past. Mother Goose in the Curriculum. Sharing Mother Goose Rhymes. Appreciating Poetry for a Lifetime -- Ch. 3. Poets and Poems from the Past. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Edward Lear (1812-1888). William Blake (1757-1827) -- Ch. 4. Today's Poets for Today's Child. Arnold Adoff (1935- ). Aileen Fisher (1906- ). Paul Fleischman (1952- ). Eloise Greenfield (1929- ). Lee Bennett Hopkins (1938- ). Myra Cohn Livingston (1926- ). Jack Prelutsky (1940- ). Shel Silverstein (1932- ). Valerie Worth (1933- ) -- Ch. 5. Poet Profiles. John Ciardi (1916-1986). Karla Kuskin (1932- ). David McCord (1897- ). Eve Merriam (1916-1992). Lilian Moore (1909- ). Jeffrey A. Moss (1942- ). Nancy Willard (1936- ) -- Ch. 6. Poet Notes. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914- ). Nikki Giovanni (1943- ). Mary Ann Hoberman (1930- ). Langston Hughes (1902-1967). Paul B. Janeczko (1945- ). Dorothy M. Kennedy (1931- ) and X.J. Kennedy (1929- ). Laura E. Richards (1850-1943). Cynthia Rylant (1954- ) -- Ch. 7. Integrating Poetry Across the Curriculum.
