When the busy day is drawing to a close and the whole family is ready to rest, take a minute for poertry!

Whew! /Kenn Nesbitt -- Paper people / Lisa Wheeler -- I like old stories / Kim Norman -- If I were a blue balloon / Renée LaTulippe -- Roar / Donna Jo Napoli -- Stuffed animal collection / Eileen Spinelli -- Five little birds / Charles Waters -- Pigeon / Jacqueline Jules -- Me at the sea / Betsy Franco -- Ocean fun / Avis Harley -- Water can be a ... / Carol-Ann Hoyte -- Gentle shower / Edel Wignell -- Backyard circus / Nikki Grimes -- Trampoline / Sara Holbrook -- Map of fun / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Sleepy / Santino Panzica -- Wave goodnight / Michael J. Rosen -- The road to morning / Kurt Cyrus -- My horse is floating in the air / Jack Prelutsky -- The big parade / Dennis Lee -- All at once / Jon Scieszka -- Poems can be silly / Kenn Nesbitt -- Dinnertime / Scott Seegert -- Friends on the menu / Alan Katz -- To market, to market / Diane Z. Shore -- My Uncle Joe / Michele Krueger -- Each day at the zoo is always new / Margarita Engle -- Lamb said, "mew" / David L. Harrison -- Our kittens / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Running / Kate Coombs -- All in a day's work / Timothy Tocher -- The dandelion / Mark Carthew -- Wind / John Foster -- A hard rain / Greg Pincus -- Starry / John Rice -- Toasty warm jammies / Lorie Ann Grover -- Bedtime on 7th Avenue / Ron Koertge -- Sleepless / Bruce Lansky -- A friend to the rescue / Christine Heppermann -- Gesundheit / David L. Harrison -- An odd thing happened ... / Colin West -- Have I told you? / Kenn Nesbitt -- Bigger than big / Dennis Lee -- Our grandma kissed a pumpkin / Darren Sardelli -- I have a hat / Verla Kay -- Skateboard girl / B.J. Lee -- The tadpole bowl / Libby Martinez -- Puppy morning / Glenys Eskdale -- School bus / Kathryn Apel -- First day, Kindergarten / Sydra Mallery -- Hummer / Jen Bryant -- Seagull beach party / Sophie Masson -- An orchestra in my room / Meredith Costain -- God bless me / Brian P. Cleary -- River song / Sherryl Clark -- This is the hour / Liz Brownlee -- Sleepy / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- It's routine / Lee Wardlaw -- The seventeen Fitz Sisters / Andrea Perry -- Three bears aboard an iceberg / Samuel Kent -- On adopting a pet elephant / Linda Ashman. What do you dream? / Kenn Nesbitt -- Grandpa's hair / Paul Orshoski -- My dad / Kathryn Apel -- Sleeping over / Celeste Walters -- Rolling down the hill / -- r April Halprin Wayland -- Socks on the washing line / Celia Warren -- Me and my feet / Donna Marie Merritt -- Flower power! / Heidi Bee Roemer -- Wild flowers / Bob Raczka -- Time to sleep / Carole Gerber -- Counting rhyme / Steven Withrow -- Monkey business / Jenny Erlanger -- A visit to the forest / Matt Forest Esenwine -- Hippo / Ann Whitford Paul -- Baby's bathtime / Brenda Williams -- Boof / Sonya Sones -- Bath time / Eric Ode -- The suit / Calef Brown -- PB patty / Tiffany Strelitz Haber -- Good-night poem / Ralph Fletcher -- Wiggle wiggle / Robert Pottle -- Ted, Ted, climb in bed / Kenn Nesbitt -- The "just because" hug / Robert Schechter -- The song of the littlest cat / J. Patrick Lewis -- Sky story / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Happy visits / Pat Mora -- We're bats / Laura Purdie Salas -- Crickets / Elaine Magliaro -- Rainbow / Betsy R. Rosenthal -- Tasty moon / Dianne Bates -- The banquet of the Sun / Nancy Willard -- Tuck a poem in your head / Joan Bransfield Graham -- The little red bed / Allan Wolf -- When daddy tucks me in / Joshua Seigal -- Little hand / Michelle Heidenrich Barnes -- Adventures in Slumberland / Chris Cook -- Oliver's one-man band / Jeff Mondak -- The fur-bearing trout / Robert Paul Weston -- Octopus / Harry Laing -- What to yell when you're trapped in the belly of a whale / James Carter -- Say goodnight / Kenn Nesbitt -- Playmate / Bobbi Katz -- me / Janeen Brian -- Dear Tooth Fairy, / Julia Durango -- My blankie / Elli Woodlard -- I can't sleep when it's hot / Janet Wong -- Mama and Papa / Helen Frost -- Duckling day / Cynthia Porter -- Shelter / Joyce Sidman -- Baseball season / Kelly Ramsdell Fineman -- In grandpa's barn / Marilyn Singer -- November volcano / Heidi Mordhorst -- September / Liz Rosenberg -- Years / Mary Ann Hoberman -- Tracks / Tracie Vaughn -- Jerry's snowman / Kalli Dakos -- Snow angels / Carole Gerber -- Bedtime / Julie Larios -- Bed, sweet bed / Brian Rock -- Q+U / Joe Mohr -- Count your blessings / Lemony Snicket -- The world's longest yawn / Mike Lucas. How to fall asleep / Kenn Nesbitt -- Gran's visit / Sally Murphy -- Setting the table / Jane Yolen -- No peas / Teena Raffa-Mulligan -- Canoe / Juanita Havill -- How to live forever / Judith Viorst -- While I am asleep in my bed / Michael Salinger -- Air ships / Charles Ghigna -- Morning star / Jackie Hosking -- Night flight / Ted Scheu -- Moon mice / Neal Levin -- Meeting a cow / Sharon Creech -- Old Ned / David Davis -- Armadillo / David Davis -- For Pete's snake / Linda Knaus -- My friend the chameleon / Nina Laden -- Sandra's pet / Martin Pierce -- Rock Pool / Matt Goodfellow -- I dreamed I met a unicorn / Dave Crawley -- Last poem / Stephanie Calmenson.