This book, like the work of Shel Silverstein, is a classic. It contains countless works by some of the greatest children's poets of all time. For example, Dr. Seuss, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, and Emily Bronte. What is a better way to get children interested in poetry than to show them poetry by some of the greatest poets to ever live. This book puts a majority of these poems all in one place to make it easier for kids and teachers to access. Poem Book, Classics. ( )

Summary: This poem anthology is wonderful for more advanced elementary students. It offers poems in eleven categories and the table of contents makes it very easy to find a poem you are looking for.

Critical Response: The poems in this book are good selections and this book definitely showcases some of the best poems available for young people to look at.

Classroom Connections: This book would work wonderfully when I am teaching a unit on poetry. For morning reading, instead of reading a chapter book I could read several poems a day to my students. I could assign different categories of poems to students and they have to come up and find a poem from that selection. Every day one student could pick a poem out of the book and read it to the class. ( )