Here we introduce you to (or reacquaint you with) accomplished poets whose work is enjoyed by children or teens. We start with the winners of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children before moving on to other poets, past and present. Some poets you will encounter here are already very familiar and popular; others are less widely known yet their poems deserve to be shared and remembered.
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- David McCord (American, 1897-1997)
- Aileen Fisher (American, 1906-2002)
- Karla Kuskin (American, 1932-2009)
- Myra Cohn Livingston (American, 1926-1996)
- Eve Merriam (American, 1916-1992)
- John Ciardi (American, 1916-1986)
- Lilian Moore (American, 1909-2004)
- Arnold Adoff (American, b. 1935)
- Valerie Worth (American, 1933-1994)
- Barbara Juster Esbensen (American, 1925-1996)
- Eloise Greenfield (American, b. 1929)
- X.J. Kennedy (American, b. 1929)
- Mary Ann Hoberman (American, b. 1930)
- Nikki Grimes (American, b. 1950)
- Lee Bennett Hopkins (American, b. 1938)
- J. Patrick Lewis (American, b. 1942)
- Joyce Sidman (American, b. 1956)
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