The following books have been highly recommended by teachers for use with young children.

A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson, ISBN 0-87701-608-9

A Light in The Attic by Shel Silverstein

Alphabestiary by Jane Yolen

Animals, Animals by Eric Carle, ISBN 0-399-21744-4

Antartic Antics by Judy Sierra, ISBN 0-439-05636-9

Bear Hugs by Kathleen Hague, ISBn 0-8050-0512-9

Blue Frog by Orin Cochrane, ISBN 0-919673-95-3

Doctor Knickerbocker and Other Rhymes by David Booth, ISBN 1-55074-253-1

Eenie Meenie Manitoba by Robert Heidreder, ISBN 1-55074-301-5

Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill, ISBN 0-385-41078-6

In the Eyes of the Cat by Demi, ISBN 0-8050-1955-3

If I Had a Paka by C. Pomerantz

Jelly Belly by Dennis Lee, ISBN 0-7715-9776-2

Jumpety Bumpety Hop by Chorao

Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown, ISBN 0-525-44201-4

If You Could Wear My Sneakers by Sheree Fitch, ISBN 0-385-25597-7

Kids Pick The Funniest Poems by Bruce Lansky, ISBN 0-671-74769-x

Lizzy's Lion by Dennis Lee, ISBN 0-7737-0078-1

Merry-Go-Day by Sheree Fitch, ISBN 0-385-25244-7

Monster Soup and Other Spooky Poems by Dilys Evans, ISBN 0-590-45208-8

Oodles of Noodles by L. Hymes and J. Hymes

Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander, ISBN 0-391-83798-3

Poems of A. Nonny Mouse.  by J. Prelutsky

Primary Rhymerry by Sonja Dunn, ISBN 1-55138-005-6

Read Aloud Rhymes by Jack Prelutsky, ISBN 0-334-87218-5

Roar and More by K. Kuskin

Skip Across the Ocean by Floella Benjamin

Sing a Song of Popcorn by B. de Regniers, E. Moore, M. White, & J. Carr

Something Big Has Been Here, by Jack Prelutsky, ISBN 0-590-45509-5

Talking Like the Rain by X. J. Kennedy, ISBN 0-316-48889-5

The Baby Uggs Are Hatching by J. Prelutsky

The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider Fingerplays and Action Rhymes by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson, ISBN 0-688-10805-9

The Fairies by William Allingham, ISBN 0-8050-1005-3

The Ice Cream Store by Dennis Lee, ISBN 0-00-647950-0

The Llama who had no Pajamas by Mary Ann Hoberman

The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, Edited by Alison Green, ISBN 0-333-74165-x

Thematic Poems, Songs, and Fingerplays, Scholastic, ISBN 0-590-49638-7

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

The Wild Bunch by Dee Lillegard

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Zoomerang - a - Boomerang: Poems to Make Your Belly Laugh by C. Parry