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BKLYN Ready Set Kindergarten: Poetry

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! is a six-week storytime program at BPL for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers, designed to develop early literacy through Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing and Playing. This list is our recommended book-list for the READING Session, where we choose books that explore non-fiction, art, and poetry and we encourage children to choose books based on their interests.

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Sail away
by Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
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A poem in your pocket
Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas.
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Neighbors
poems by George Held ; pictures by Joung Un Kim.
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Orangutanka
Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Renâee Kurilla.
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Forget-me-nots
selected by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Michael Emberley.
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You read to me, I'll read to you
by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Michael Emberley.
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I've lost my hippopotamus
by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrations by Jackie Urbanovic.
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Firefly July
selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
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Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Joyce Sidman ; [illustrated by] Rick Allen.
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The llama who had no pajama
written by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Betty Fraser.
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