Read-aloud poems (free PDF)

From a full-blown sonnet to free verse, the poems in this book speak in many voices: humorous, descriptive, lyric, narrative, and philosophic. Part I is about animals, make-believe, and simple experiences familiar to elementary school children. In contrast, Part III expresses grown-up themes in a more sophisticated style, for reading and discussion with students in senior high school. Halfway between in subject and form, fall the poems of Part II, aimed at the middle school and junior high years.