Kentucky Summer Reading Program 2004 - Poetry Websites

Young People’s Poetry Week from the Children’s Book Council

http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/poetry_week.html

Poetry Month from Education World

http://www.education-world.com/a_special/poetrymonth.shtml

General Poetry Resources from Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetrygeneral.html

Multicultural Poetry for Children from City of Mesa Library, Arizona

http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/reading_elem/poetry.asp

Celebrate National Poetry Month from Kristine O’Connell George

http://www.kristinegeorge.com/celebrate_poetry.htm

Giggle Poetry from Bruce Lansky

http://www.gigglepoetry.com

Lyrical World: Modern and Contemporary Poetry in Translation
Children’s and Young Adult Titles from Flint Public Library, Michigan

http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/about/programs/poetrymonth/children.html

Poetry Resources from The Teacher’s Corner

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/writing/poetry/

Bee Cullinan’s House of Poetry from Boyds Mill Press

http://www.boydsmillspress.com/poetryhouse.tpl

The Poetry Zone—English site “set up primarily to enable children and teenagers to publish
their own poetry and reviews”

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site—search “poetry”

http://www.carolhurst.com/

Recommended by Kathy Crawford
Children’s Librarian, Larue County Public Library, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Summer reading training for public librarians
Frankfort, Kentucky March 2, 3, and 4, 2004