Frank Carlson Library

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...

A collection of short poems with such titles as "Popcorn," "Driftwood," and "My new bird book."

Forty-one poems reveal a variety of secret thoughts, worries, and wishes.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

A collection of poems about the four seasons by one of the best-known American poets.

Twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up.

An illustrated collection of poems about the mysterious creatures--jumbles of birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers--that populate Scranimal Island.

Presents a collection of poems by the beloved American author who, as a young man, travelled across the Midwest as a hobo. The surrealistic illustrations, which appear to be rendered in pastels, are appealing; the soft edges and warm tones work well with Sandburg's imaginary. The full-color illustrations are nothing short of breathtaking. Displays the range of everyday topics in which Sandburg found beauty, humor, or pathos. Unfamiliar words are helpfully...

Presents a collection of verses that use pictures in place of some words.

More than thirty poems celebrate water in its myriad forms, from the ocean to a droplet of dew.