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Written by Rodoula Pappa
Illustrated by Seng Soun Ratanavanh 
Petaluma, California: Cameron Kids, 2021. Informational. 

A picture book of haiku-inspired poems celebrating the four seasons.

Written by Fiona Waters
Illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon
Somerville, Massachusetts: Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2018. Informational. 333 pages.

Contains 366 nature poems--one for every day of the year. Filled with familiar favorites and new discoveries by a vast array of poets, including Langston Hughes, Lilian Moore, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, William Shakespeare, N.M. Bodecker, Kanoko Okamoto, and many more.

Written by Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016. Informational. 

A book of poetry moving through the seasons.


By Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke
Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2015. Informational. 40 pages. 

Published in time to mark what would have been the 100th birthday of acclaimed author/editor Zolotow, this collection of 28 seasonally organized poems celebrates the delightful, unexpected moments that arise as the months pass, temperatures change, and the Earth transforms itself.

By Cicely Mary Barker
London: Frederick Warne, 2002. Informational. 189 pages.

Introduction -- Flower fairies of the spring -- Flower fairies of the summer -- Flower fairies of the autumn -- Flower fairies of the winter -- Flower fairies of the garden -- Flower fairies of the trees -- Flower fairies of the wayside -- A flower fairy alphabet.






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