"Various definitions of poetry highlight the importance of an original combination of words, distinctive sound, and emotional impact" (Norton, 2003, p.320).
Poetry titles will include a range of formats, from picture books to full anthologies. When exploring the collection, you will find that not all picture books are for young children - and not all anthologies are for young adults. Poetry as a classification will include children's poetry, epic poetry, rhymes, limericks, haiku, and nursery rhymes.
Archer Library's juvenile collection includes a poetry titles in a wide variety of poetic genres. They may be categorized as Poetry, Novels in Verse, Young Adult Poetry, Juvenile Poetry, and even nursery rhymes and Limericks. When browsing the collection for poetry, many call numbers will start with P, PN, PR, and PS.
Visit the IRC @ Archer Library on Pinterest and explore selected poetry and stories in rhyme titles added to the juvenile collection. Remember, new titles are always posted to the IRC News & Information Blog. Find something of interest? Stop in the IRC, we can help you find these titles in the catalog, and on the shelves.
Use these resources to help locate poetry books in the juvenile collection.
When using keyword - or word - to search for poetry books, be sure to limit results to the MAIN Juvenile collection.
These quick links are subject searches. They will take you to the library catalog for additional juvenile Poetry resources.