Poetry books for children
Poetry books for children with titles by Emily Dickinson, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, Sharon Creech, Nikki Grimes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joy Harjo, Kwame Alexander, and Marilyn Singer.
Recommended reading books for elementary, middle & high school students
Mark Hoffmann is an author and illustrator of children’s books, an editorial illustrator and a fine artist. He teaches illustration as a professor in the illustration department at Montserrat College of Art. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Hoffmann has written and illustrated the picture books Fruit Bowl and Dirt Cheap. His illustration work for children includes You Can Read by Helaine Becker, Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel by Susan Vande Griek, Poop by Poppy Champignon, Iamasaurus by Anne Ylvisaker and Explosion at the Poem Factory by Kyle Lukoff.
He illustrated Dozens of Doughnuts, written by Carrie Finison and published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers in 2020. He also illustrated Soren’s Seventh Song by Dave Eggers, published by Cameron in February 2024.

Poetry books for children with titles by Emily Dickinson, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, Sharon Creech, Nikki Grimes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joy Harjo, Kwame Alexander, and Marilyn Singer.
Disclosure: As an affiliate of Bookshop.org we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
Keep up to date with our email newsletter and our latest Twitter and Facebook posts about literacy education, children's and YA literature, and children's publishing.
Our latest reading recommendations: Grade 1 books | Grade 2 books | Grade 3 books | Grade 4 books | Grade 5 books | Grade 6 books | Grade 7 books | Grade 8 books | Grade 9 books | Grade 10 books | Grade 11 books | Grade 12 books | Kid's magazine subscriptions
Home »