Anthologies featuring darren's poems

Scholastic Poetry presents a dinosaur themed anthology of poems written by various authors including Darren Sardelli, Chrissie Gittins, Eric Ode, Roger Stevens, Paul Cookson, Celia Warren, Graham Denton, and more! Matched with a Teacher Resource Book that features workshop-style lessons based on different poetry types/genres. 

Compiled by Paul Cookson

Illustrated by Sarah Nayler

Scholastic UK (2015)

ISBN # 978-1407158822

* The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versions of previously published titles, each with several brand new poems in them.

Scholastic Literacy Place for the Early Years. Stimulate students' developing awareness of the rhythms and sounds of language, careful listening, and oral comprehension. English language arts.

Created by Scholastic

Cover by Jan Dolby

Scholastic Canada Ltd. (2015)

ISBN # 9781443032278

* Includes an audio CD with fluent readings of poems

Hilarious laugh out loud poetry for children. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Eric Ode, Bill Dodds, Joyce Armor, Shirlee Curlee Bingham, Stan Lee Werlin, Robert Scotellaro & more!

Poems selected by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Press (2014) * Updated Version

ISBN: 978-0881665345

* Over 350,000 copies sold

Sidesplitting poems about the last day of school, summer camp, family road trips, learning how to swim, rollercoasters, and the beach. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Neal Levin, Ted Scheu, and more!

Poems selected by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Press (2009)

ISBN: 978-0881665390

AWARDS:

Beach Book Festival Award Winner

USABookNews.com Best Book Award

Hilarious poems about messy lockers, mysterious bus drivers, teachers in detention, silly principals, and other wacky tales about school.Perfect for National Poetry Month, National Poetry Day, and Poem in Your Pocket Day. Includes poems from Darren Sardelli, Kathy Kenney Marshall,, Jeff Mondak, Ted Scheu, and more!

Edited by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Scholastic (2009)

ISBN: 978-0545090292 

Funny poems about baseball, football, basketball, soccer, swimming, skiing, running, karate, golf, volleyball, dodgeball, and more. Some of the All Star Poets who contributed to this award-winning book are Darren Sardelli, Judith Natelli McLaughlin, Neal Levin, Tim Tocher, Robert Pottle, and Jeff Nathan.

Compiled by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Creations  (2008)

ISBN: 978-1416951988

AWARDS:

Teachers' Choice Award

iParenting Media Award

Young Voices Foundation Gold Award

USABookNews.com Best Book Award

This title includes over twelve poems by known poets like Darren Sardelli, Myra Cohn Livingston, Eileen Spinelli, Kenn Nesbitt, and Eric Ode to name a few. There are sidebars to every poem explaining terminology such as speaker, metaphors, personification, homonyms, and rhyme scheme..

Compiled by Susan M. Freese

Illustrated by Jan Westberg

Super Sandcastle / ABDO Publishing  (2008)

ISBN: 978-1604530025

Read Me Out Loud contains a poem for every day of the year from the very best modern and classic poets. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Robert Browning, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Angela Topping, Moira Andrew, and more.

Poems chosen by Nick Toczek and Paul Cookson

Macmillan Children's Books UK (2007)

ISBN # 978-0330446211

"A great way for ensuring children to hear poetry everyday! Poems on a wide range of topics." - Goodreads

Scary, spooky, spine-tingling poems about werewolves, vampires, headless horsemen, and Halloween. Builds and strengthens literacy skills, metacognition, and vocabulary. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Jack Prelutsky, Kenn Nesbitt, Eric Ode, Kathy Kenney-Marshall, and more!

Edited by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Mike and Carl Gordan

Meadowbrook Press (2006)

ISBN: 978-0689052316

HONOR: Scholastic Book List

Over 90 themed poems by well-loved children’s writers.Verses of every genre and style to suit every taste. Supports KS1 and KS2 curriculum objectives. Improves literacy in a fun and creative way. Darren Sardelli, Andrea Shavick, Paul Cookson, Roger Stevens, and Bernard Young all wrote poems for this Dino-licious poetry book.

Compiled by Paul Cookson

Illustrated by Sarah Nayler

Scholastic UK (2006)

ISBN: 978-0439951746

"A Jurassic-tastic poetry collection with enough thrills and spills to bring you to the edge of extinction."

Fifty hilarious poems that help students improve fluency and comprehension. Great for strengthening reading and listening skills. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Kenn Nesbitt, Eric Ode, Diane Z. Shore, Dave Crawley, Neal Levin, Paul Orshoski, & more!

Poems selected by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Press (2006)

ISBN: 978-0689052453

HONOR: Scholastic Book List

Forty silly rhymes for preschoolers and early-elementary school students. Predictable, repetitive text structures that help develop confidence. Benefits beginning readers. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Dianne Rowley, Helen Ksypka, Marilyn Helmer, Joyce Armor, and more!

Poems selected by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Press (2006)

ISBN: 978-0684031668

HONOR: Scholastic Book List Best Seller

Songs and rhymes to encourage and motivate your toddler during the toilet-training process. Positive reinforcement, easy repetition. Makes potty training a pleasant experience for toddlers and parents. Poems by Darren Sardelli, Christine Zuchora-Walske, Robert Pottle, and more!

Rhymes selected by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Anne Catharine Blake

Meadowbrook Press (2005)

ISBN: 978-0689046469

Awards: 

National Parenting Publications 

iParenting Media Award

Gobs of giggles, ladles of laughter!  An anthology of humorous poems for children. Contains funny poems by Darren Sardelli, Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Kenn Nesbitt, Douglas Florian, Kathy Kenney-Marshall, and more!

Edited by Bruce Lansky

Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter

Meadowbrook Press (2004)

ISBN: 978-0689037665

"Reading just one of these poems is like trying to eat just one French fry."

— Lynn Johnston, cartoonist, "For Better or For Worse"