Poetry Aloud has become a highly enjoyable JSIS tradition every Friday morning (as the school schedule permits), allowing our students and teachers to exercise their poetic voices, whether strong, quiet, rhythmic or prosaic.  

In the hopes of encouraging poetry beyond once a week, please find an incomplete list of suggested readings (and please don't hesitate to let us know your favorites!):

The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash

A book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

Brats by X.J. Kennedy

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems aby Langston Hughes

Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

Love That Dog by Sharoin Creech

My Life, My Love, My Lasagne by Steven Herrick

Neighborhood Odes by Gary Soto

The Paper Doorway by Dean Koontz

Polkabats and Octopus Slacks by Calef Brown

Ronald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes by Ronald Dahl

Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky

Street Rhymes ARound the World by Jane Yolen

Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein