Sneak Peek 2014

It's time again to gather my list of forthcoming poetry titles for children and teens planned for publication in 2014. As usual, this list is only a beginning and I hope you'll comment or contact me if you know of other titles scheduled to be released this year. (I'll try my best to keep it updated throughout the year.) Meanwhile, here's what I know so far. 

1. Alexander, Kwame. 2014. The Crossover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
2. Bertier, Anne. 2014. Wednesday. New York: Enchanted Lion.
3. Bunting, Eve. 2014. P is for Pirate: A Pirate Alphabet. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.
4. Brown, Margaret Wise. 2014. Goodnight Songs: Illustrated by Twelve Award-Winning Picture Book Artists. New York: Sterling.
5. Brown, Skila. 2014. Caminar. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
6. Bryan, Ashley. 2014. Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything. New York: Atheneum.
7. Child, Lydia Maria. (1994/2014). Over the River and Through the Wood: A Thanksgiving Poem. Ill. by Christopher Manson. New York: North/South.
8. Cleary, Brian. 2014. If it Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems. Ill. by Andy Rowland. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press.
9. Cleary, Brian. 2014. Ode to a Commode: Concrete Poems. Ill. by Andy Rowland. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press.
10. Crowe, Chris. 2014. Death Coming Up the Hill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
11. Crozier, Lorna. 2014. Lots of Kisses. Custer, WA: Orca. 
12. dePaola, Tomie. 2014. Jack. New York: Penguin. 
13. Denton, Graham. 2014. My Rhino Plays the Xylophone: Poems to Make You Giggle. A & C Black.
14. Elliott, David. 2014. On the Wing. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
15. Engle, Margarita. 2014. Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
16. Engle, Margarita. 2014. Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
17. Florian, Douglas. 2014. Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles. NY: Dial.
18. Frank, John. 2014. Lend a Hand. Ill. by London Ladd. New York: Lee & Low. 
19. Frank, Lucy. 2014. Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling. New York: Schwartz & Wade.
20. Frost, Helen. 2014. Room 214: A Year in Poems. (10th Anniversary Reissue of Spinning Through the Universe, 2004). New York: Macmillan.
21. Gibson, Amy. 2014. By Day, By Night. Ill. by Meilo So. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
22. Gifford, Peggy. 2014. The Great Big Green. Ill. by Lisa Desimini. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
23. Gittins, Chrissie. 2014. Stars in Jars: New and Collected Poems. New York: Bloomsbury.
24. Graham, Joan B. 2014. The Poem That Will Not End: Fun With Poetic Forms and Voices. Two Lions.
25. Heppermann, Christine. 2013. Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty. New York: HarperCollins/Greenwillow.
26. High, Linda Oatman. 2014. Otherwise. Costa Mesa, CA: Saddleback.
27. High, Linda Oatman. 2014. Teeny Little Grief Machines. Costa Mesa, CA: Saddleback.
28. Hoberman, Mary Ann. 2014. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Tall Tales to Read Together. New York: Little, Brown. 
29. Holt, K. A. 2014. Rhyme Schemer. San Francisco: Chronicle.
30. Hopkins, Ellen. 2014. Rumble. New York: Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster.
31. Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2014. Manger. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
32. Janeczko, Paul. Ed. 2014. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
33. Jiang, Emily. 2014. Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose About Chinese Musical Instruments. Ill. by April Chu. New York: Shen's Books/Lee & Low.
34. Johnston, Tony. 2014. Sequoia. New York: Macmillan.
35. Kuderick, Madeleine. 2014. Kiss of Broken Glass. New York: HarperTeen.
36. Latham, Irene. 2014. Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook/Lerner. 
37. Lewis, J. Patrick and Florian, Douglas. 2014. Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems. Ill. by Jeremy Holmes. New York: Schwartz & Wade/Random House.
38. Lewis, J. Patrick. 2014. Everything is a Poem: The Best of J. Patrick Lewis. Ill. by Cristina Pritelli. Mankato: MN: Creative Editions.
39. Lewis, J. Patrick. 2014. James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters. Ill. by Gary Kelley. Mankato, MN: Creative Editions.
40. Lewis, J. Patrick and Lyon, George Ella. 2014. Voices from the March: Washington, D.C., 1963. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.
41. Lunsford, Michael. 2014. Sometimes I Get My Shoes on Backwards. Bookbaby. 
42. May, Robert L. 2014. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ill. by Antonio Javier Caparo. New York: Simon & Schuster.
43. Michelson, Richard. 2014. S is for Sea Glass: A Beach Alphabet. Ill. by Doris Ettlinger. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. 
44. Mora, Pat. 2014. Water Rolls, Water Rises/ El agua rueda, el agua sube. Ill. by Meilo So. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.
45. Murphy, Alan. 2014. Prometheus Unplugged.
46. Muten, Burleigh. 2014. Miss Emily. Ill. by Matt Phelan. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
47. Muth, Jon. J. 2014. Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. New York: Scholastic.
48. Nagai, Mariko. 2014. Dust of Eden. Chicago: Whitman. 
49. Nelson, Marilyn. 2014. How I Discovered Poetry. New York: Dial.
50. Neri, Greg. 2014. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. Ill. by A. G. Ford. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
51. Nesbitt, Kenn. 2014. The Biggest Burp Ever: Funny Poems for Kids. Spokane, WA: Purple Room Publishing.
52. Newman, Lesléa. 2015. Here is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays. Ill. by Susan Gal. New York: Abrams.
53. Oliver, Lin. 2014. Little Poems for Tiny Ears. Ill. by Tomie de Paola. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin.
54. Phillips, Linda. 2014. Crazy. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
55. Pinkney, Andrea Davis. The Red Pencil. Ill. by Shane W. Evans. New York: Little, Brown.
56. Raczka, Bob. 2014. Joy in Mudville. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda (Lerner).
57. Raczka, Bob. 2014. Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole.  Minneapolis: Carolrhoda (Lerner).
58. Radunsky, Vladimir. 2014. Alphabetabum: An Album of Rare Photographs and Medium Verses. New York: NYR Children's Collection.
59. Rogé. 2014. Haiti My Country: Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren. Ill. by Rogé. Fifth House. Markham, Ontario.
60. Salas, Laura Purdie. 2014. Water Can Be. Ill. by Violeta Dabija. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.
61. Schmidt, Annie. 2014. A Pond Full of Ink. Ill. by Sieb Posthuma. Translated. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
62. Shields, Carol Diggory. 2014. Baby’s Got the Blues. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
63. Sidman, Joyce. 2014. Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold. Ill. by Rick Allen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
64. Spinelli, Eileen. 2014. Another Day as Emily. New York: Knopf.
65. Swaim, Jessica. 2014. Classic Poetry for Dogs: Why Do I Chase Thee. Ill. by Chet Phillips. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith.
66. Thomas, J. C. 2014. Ninja Mouse: Haiku. Sterling, VA: SuperUltraGo! Press. 
67. Van Hecke, Susan. 2014. Under the Freedom Tree. Ill. by London Ladd. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
68. Vardell, Sylvia and Wong, Janet. Eds. 2014. The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science. Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books.
69. Walrath, Dana. 2014. Like Water on Stone. New York: Delacorte Press.
70. Weatherford, Carole Boston. 2014. Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood. Ill. by R. Gregory Christie. Chicago: Whitman.
71. Wilson, Karma. 2014. Outside the Box. Ill. by Diane Goode. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster.
72. Winters, Ben H. 2014. Literally Disturbed #3: Romantically Disturbed. New York: Penguin/Price Stern Sloan.
73. Woodson, Jacqueline. 2014. Brown Girl Dreaming. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin.
74. Yolen, Jane. 2014. Sister Fox’s Field Guide to Writing. Unsettling Wonder.

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