Since 1998, National Poetry Month has been celebrated in Canada each April. The theme for 2023 is Joy. Explore the work of new poets or revisit old favourites.
Have you always wanted one of those fancy book subscription boxes you see online? We have you covered! Celebrate Poetry Month and receive a box with specially selected library books and some extra themed treats and surprises! Each Kids Book Box will contain 2-3 library books along with extra treats and surprises! Once you are done reading, simply return the books to the library and keep the other goodies inside for yourself! To register for your very own book box please click here: Registration Link
Behold Our Magical Garden By Allan Wolf
“In our garden, can you see? A grand adventure? And it’s free! A green delicious fantasy? Behold our magical garden. There’s a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts, young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin, join a Wild West-style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones, interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water, and learn the fancy names of plants to spice up dinner conversation.
Hard-boiled Bugs for Breakfast and Other Tasty Poems By Jack Prelutsky
More than 100 funny new poems from Jack Prelutsky, the nation’s first children’s poet laureate, in a wide array of poetic forms, from haiku to concrete poems and everything in between, and hilariously illustrated in black-and-white on every page.
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry Edited By J. Patrick Lewis
Beloved former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates an exhuberant poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thrunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and never-before-published works.
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice By A. F. Harrold
Packed with silly rhymes and witty wordplay, A.F. Harrold’s poetry is positively bursting with fun–and advice. But it’s not always the most useful…
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein By Shel Silverstein
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author’s own drawings.
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