Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems edited by Paul Janeczko, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Organized by the seasons, beginning with spring, this collection of 36 impeccably chosen short poems demonstrates that significant emotional power can reside in just a few lines. Grades K–4. —School Library Journal
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends/upon/a red wheel/barrowglazed with rain/water/beside the white/chickens.—William Carlos Williams