2013 Nominations: Poetry

All the World’s a Stage

by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Creative Editions

Nominated by: Renee La Tulippe


Cat Talk

by Patricia MacLachlan

Katherine Tegen Books

Nominated by: Alice@Supratentorial


Crazy About Basketball!

by Loris Lesynski

Annick Press

Nominated by: lwreyes

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Digger, Dozer, Dumper

by Hope Vestergaard

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Mary McKenna Siddals


Face Bug

by J. Patrick Lewis

Wordsong

Nominated by: Jennifer

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Fiddleheads to Fir Trees: Leaves in all Seasons

by Joanne Linden

Mountain Press Publishing

Nominated by: Pat Zietlow Miller


Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems

by Marilyn Singer

Dial

Nominated by: Perogyo

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Bridget Wilson


Forest Has a Song: Poems

by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Clarion Books

Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Irene Latham | Laura Purdie Salas | Linda Baie | Renee La Tulippe


Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist

by Yolen, Jane, Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

Wordsong

Nominated by: Linda Baie

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Laura Purdie Salas


I Haiku You

by Betsy E. Snyder

Random House Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Aaron Zenz


Leave Your Sleep

by Natalie Merchant

Frances Foster Books

Nominated by: Jonemac


Marc Brown’s Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together

by Marc Brown

Little, Brown

Nominated by: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz


Neighbors: The Yard Critters Too

by George Held

Filsinger & Co., Ltd

Nominated by: Terry Doherty


Poems to Learn by Heart

by Caroline Kennedy

Disney Hyperion

Nominated by: bevpdx


Poetry for Young People: African American Poetry

by

Sterling Publishing

Nominated by: Sheila Ruth


Pug: And Other Animal Poems

by Valerie Worth

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: The Cath in the Hat

Reviewed by: Bridget Wilson


Rabbit Turds

by Susan Froehlich

Beavers Pond Press

Nominated by: Kristen


Sea Star Wishes: Poems from the Coast

by Eric Ode

Sasquatch Books

Reason ineligible: Sasquatch Books

Nominated by: MotherReader

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More!: Poems for Two Voices

by Carole Gerber

Henry Holt

Nominated by: Irene Latham


Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: and Other Poems

by Jack Prelutsky

Greenwillow Books

Nominated by: LibLaura5

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


The Bubble Collector: Poems and Drawings by Vikram Madan

by Vikram Madan

CreateSpace

Nominated by: NB


The Ogre’s Wife

by Ron Koertge

Red Hen Press

Nominated by: Koppelmom


The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses

by Lisa Wheeler

Atheneum

Nominated by: Bridget Wilson

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Bridget Wilson | Laura Purdie Salas


The President Looks Like Me & Other Poems

by Tony Medina

Just Us Books

Nominated by: kelstarly


What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings

by Joyce Sidman

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Sylvia Vardell

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Laura Purdie Salas | Linda Baie


When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

by J. Patrick Lewis

Chronicle Books

Nominated by: Becky L.

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen | Kelly Ramsdell Fineman | Laura Purdie Salas


World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of

by J. Patrick Lewis

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Anastasia Suen

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Yes! We Are Latinos

by Alma Flor Ada

Charlesbridge

Nominated by: aquafortis

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Your Skeleton is Showing: Rhymes of Blunder From Six Feet Under

by Kurt Cyrus

Disney Hyperion

Nominated by: Joanna Marple

Reviewed by: Anastasia Suen


Ineligible

God Got a Dog

by Cynthia Rylant

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published after the October 15, 2013 and is a novel in verse.

Nominated by: Stef Whelan


Gone Fishing: A novel

by Tamera Will Wissinger

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This book is eligible, but was nominated in the wrong category and can\’t be moved. It could still be re-nominated, probably in Early Chapter Books or Middle Grade.

Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan


I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs

by Francesco Marciuliano

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Not published for the youth market.

Nominated by: Julie Hedlund


by George Elliott Clarke (author) & Susan Tooke (artist)

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date October15, 2013 but is not available.

Publisher/ Author Submission


Lizard Lou: A Collection of Rhymes Old and New (All About Reading Level Pre-1, Volume 2)

by Marie Rippel

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This was published in 2011.

Nominated by: Joy Acey


Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

by

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This is a reprint of a book originally published in 2006.

Nominated by: Jackie Parker


Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems About Our Presidents

by Marilyn Singer

Disney Hyperion

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published after the October 15, 2013. Eligible next year.

Nominated by: Amy @ Hope Is the Word


The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core K-5 edition): Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core

by Sylvia Vardell

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This is intended for instructional use.

Nominated by: Mary Ann Scheuer