Essay on Children's Poetry

Essential Children's Collection: Research

Two respected children’s literature consultants recommend poetry for school and public library collections.

BY The Editors

Originally Published: January 01, 2006

RESEARCH

Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, ed. The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Fifth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.

Vardell, Sylvia M. Poetry Aloud Here!: Sharing Poetry With Children in the Library. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.


LITERATURE
CONSULTANTS


Sylvia Vardell, Ph.D.
Professor
Texas Women's University
School of Library and Information Studies

Bernadette Nowakowski
Director, Children and Young Adult Services
Chicago Public Libraries

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