College of Education - Curriculum Resources Laboratory

The majority of poems will be found in the non-fiction collection in the 800s; if you browse the shelves there, start with 808.1 and all numbers beginning with 811, 821, and 831. A single poem may be written and illustrated as a single volume, such as "Casey at the Bat," but most poems are collected in an anthology with other poems - some by one poet, others with an editor and many poets. Often "poetry" is a sub-heading for other subjects. See examples below:

Search the Curriculum Lab Catalog:

SEARCH TYPE: Subject heading - enter one of the following words or phrases

african americans poetry	friendship poetry	nonsense verses
american poetry	haiku	schools poetry
animals poetry	hispanic americans poetry	seasons poetry
children's poetry	indians of north america poetry	sports poetry
concrete poetry	limericks	visual poetry
english poetry	nature poetry	winter poetry

Example:

Verse Forms

While perhaps not considered poetry, many stories are told in verse. There are also many nursery rhymes, jump rope/counting/playground rhymes which are also a part of traditional literature.

To find these other verse forms:

SEARCH TYPE: Subject heading - enter one of the following words/phrases:

counting-out rhymes

jump rope rhymes

mother goose

nursery rhymes

rhyming games

stories in rhyme

Novels in Verse - SEARCH TYPE: Subject heading - novels in verse

*Since "Novels in Verse" is a relatively new Library of Congress subject heading, try the strategy below to find more books which were catalogued earlier:

Do a Subject Heading search for poetry fiction ...

. . . In results list, click to sort by call number -

scroll down to find call #'s beginning with "F"

Curriculum Guides:

C.Ls /F52	Atwell, Nancie, comp. NAMING THE WORLD: A YEAR OF POEMS AND LESSONS. Firsthand, 2005.
C.Ls.l /N27p	Brewbaker, James. POEMS BY ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS: A THEMATIC COLLECTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. NCTE, 2002.
C.Ls /H46p	Holbrook, Sara. PRACTICAL POETRY: A NONSTANDARD APPROACH TO MEETING CONTENT-AREA STANDARDS. Heinemann, 2005.
C.Ls.l /N27wo	O’Connor, John S. WORDPLAYGROUNDS: READING, WRITING, AND PERFORMING POETRY IN THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM. NCTE, 2004.
C.L.L /A51po	Vardell, Sylvia M. POETRY ALOUD HERE: SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY. ALA, 2006.
C.Ls.l /N27l	Wood, Jaime R. LIVING VOICES: MULTICULTURAL POETRY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM. NCTE, 2006.

Reference Books:

PS309.C48 V37	Vardell, Sylvia M. POETRY PEOPLE : A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S POETS Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
Z1037.L445	Leeper, Angela. POETRY IN LITERATURE FOR YOUTH. Scarecrow, 2006.

Websites:

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children

http://www.ncte.org/awards/poetry

Children’s Literature Assembly Notable Books

http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notable2008.htm

The Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry

http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org/myra_cohn_livingston_award.htm

Library of Congress Poetry 180

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

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