April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate the importance of poets and poetry in our culture with this booklist of novels in verse and books of poetry for all ages.
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Children's Picture Books
Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman
Climbing the Volcano: A Journey in Haiku by Curtis Manley
Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman
A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson
How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander
A Hundred Thousand Welcomes by Mary Lee Donovan
Little Bird’s Day by Sally Morgan
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott
Remember by Joy Harjo
Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman
We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman
What You Need to be Warm by Neil Gaiman
You Stole My Name by Dennis McGregor
Children's Nonfiction
Animals in Pants by Suzy Levinson
An Earth Song by Langston Hughes
At the Poles by David Elliott
The Power of Snow by Bob Raczka
Watch Me Bloom: A Bouquet of Haiku Poems for Budding Naturalists by Krina Patel-Sage
Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Where I Live: Poems About My Home, My Street, and My Town edited by Paul Janeczko
Where We Come From by Diane Wilson
Children's and Preteen Chapter Books
Alone by Megan Freeman
Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Méndez
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford
Odder by Katherine Applegate
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos
Unsettled by Reem Faruqi
Warrior Girl by Carmen Tafolla
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
All the Fighting Parts by Hannah Sawyerr
All That Shines by Ellen Hagan
An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
Dear Medusa by Olivia Cole
Forever is Now by Mariama Lockington
An Impossible Thing to Say by Arya Shahi
Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh
A Warning About Swans by RM Romero
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle
Adult Fiction
Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson
Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff
Poguemahone by Pat McCabe
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Adult Nonfiction
Above Ground: Poems by Clint Smith
Chrome Valley: Poems by Mahogany Browne
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women edited by Sandra Guzman
From From: Poems by Monica Youn
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Padraig Ó Tuama
Psalms of my People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told Through Hip-Hop by Lenny Duncan
Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices edited by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Spectral Evidence: Poems by Gregory Pardlo
This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets edited by Kwame Alexander
True Life by Adam Zagajewski
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander
You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead by Morgan Harper Nichols
