Poetic Stories for Young Readers

Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2007. Curric. B6135s

Cormier, Robert. Frenchtown Summer. New York: Delacorte, 1999. Curric. C811fr

Creech, Sharon. Heartbeat.New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Curric. C9132h

Creech, Sharon. Love that Dog. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Curric. C913L

Engle, Margarita. The Firefly Letters. New York: Holt, 2010. Curric. E582f

Frost, Helen. Keesha’s House.New York: Frances Foster Books, 2003. Curric. F9393k

Glen, Mel. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems. New York: Lodestar, 1996. Curric. 811.54 G558w

Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade. New York: Dial, 2002. Curric. G862b

Herrick, Steven. The Wolf. Ashville, NC: Front Street, 2007. Curric. H566w

Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.New York: Scholastic, 1997. Curric. H587o

Janeszko, Paul. Worlds Afire. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2004. Curric. 811.54 J33w

Johnson, Lindsay Lee.  Soul Moon Soup. Asheville, ND: Front Street, 2002. Curric. J679s

Koertge, Ronald. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2003. Curric. K778sh

Nelson, Marilyn. Carver, a Life in Poems. Asheville, NC: Front Street, 2001. Curric. 811.54 N428c

Porter, Pamela Paige. The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. Curric. P847c

Sonew, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. Curric. S6984s

Turner, Ann Warren. Learning to Swim: A Memoir. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Curric. 811.54 T944L

Wolf, Allan. New Found Land. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2004. Curric. W8531n

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade.New York: Holt, 1993. Curric. W8558ma

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. New York: Atheneum, 2001. Curric. W8558t

Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. New York: Putnam's, 2003. Curric. 811.54 W8982

Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching for Sun. New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2007. Curric. Z723r

Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 8/2007; revised 6/08; 4/11.