This document provides a list of 52 poetry books for use in 5th grade humanities classes. The books cover a wide range of poetry topics including classic poems, war poems, animal poems, humorous poems, and poems by renowned authors like Poe, Dickinson, Frost, and Whitman. The librarian has compiled the collection to expose students to different forms and styles of poetry.

1. Poetry for Humanities Classes Prepared for Mrs. Barnett 5 th Grade Humanities By Cinda Thoma MS Librarian St. Mark’s School of Texas

2. 1. Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe SC POE

3. 2. The Body Eclectic: An Anthology of Poems 808.81 BOO

4. 3. A Book of Luminous Things 808.81 BOO

5. 4. Eric Carle’s Animals Animals 808.8193 CAR

6. 5. Classic Poems to Read Aloud 808.81 CLA

7. 6. Committed to Memory 808.81 COM

8. 7. A Family of Poems 808.81 FAM

9. 8. Footprints on the Page 808.81 FOO

10. 9. I Feel A Little Jumpy Around You 808.81 NYE

11. 10. The Oxford Book of War Poetry 808.81 OXF

12. 11. Animal Poems 808.8193 ANI

13. 12. Imaginary Animals 808.8193 IMA

14. 13. Mother Earth 808.8193 MOT

15. 14. War and the Pity of War 808.8193 WAR

16. 15. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 811 LON

17. 16. Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Poems 811 MIL

18. 17. War Stories: Poems About Long Ago and Now 811 NEM

19. 18. The Cremation of Sam McGee 811 SER

20. 19. The Best American Poetry 811.008 BES

21. 20. Six American Poets 811.008 SIX

22. 21. Stone Bench in an Empty Park 811.041 STO

23. 22. For Laughing Out Loud 811.00708 FOR

24. 23. Reflections an a Gift of Watermelon Pickle 811.08 REF

25. 24. The Treasury of American Poetry 811.08 REF

26. 26. Leaves of Grass 811.2 WHI

27. 26. Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 811.3 DIC

28. 27. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 811.3 LON

29. 28. Walt Whitman 811.3 WHI

30. 29. The Creation 811.52 CRE

31. 30. The Poetry of Robert Frost 811.52 FRO

32. 31. Casey at the Bat 811.52 THA

33. 32. Poets of World War II 811.5208 POE

34. 33. Sawgrass Poems 811.54 ASC

35. 34. Foreign Exchange 811.54 GLE

36. 35. The Gargoyle on the Roof 811.54 PRE

37. 36. The New Kid on the Block 811.54 PRE

38. 37. A Pizza the Size of the Sun 811.54 PRE

39. 38. Color Me a Rhyme 811.54 VOL

40. 39. The Invisible Ladder 811.5408 INV

41. 40. Poems for a Small Planet 811.5408 POE

42. 41. Heart to Heart 811.6080 HEA

43. 42. Rhyme Stew 821 DAH

44. 43. The Kingfisher Book of Funny Poems 821 KIN

45. 44. The Norton Book of Light Verse 821 NOR

46. 45. The Oxford Book of Comic Verse 821.0708 OXF

47. 46. The Faber Book of Comic Verse 821.08 FAB

48. 47. A Treasury of Great Poems 821.08 TRE

49. 48. Is This Forever, Or What? 811.008 IS

50. 49. Red Suitcase 811.54 NYE

51. 50. Voices 808.81 COM

52. 51. This Same Sky 808.8193 THI

53. 52. Cool Salsa 811.5408 COO