6.2.1 Suggested poems, anthologies and resource books
(All these books are available in the Strathfield campus Library)
A first Australian poetry book
Compiled by June Factor (1983)
Melbourne: Oxford University Press
Acting Rhymes (2nd edition)
Chosen by Sansom, Clive (1975)
London: A. & C. Black
All Australian funny and frightful verse
Selected by Glenys Smith (1987)
Sydney: Ashton Scholastic
Fun with poetry
Monahan, Sean (1982)
Melbourne: Longman Cheshire
Honey Sandwich
Honey, Elizabeth (1993)
St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin
100 Australian poems for children
Scott-Mitchell, Clare & Griffith, Kathlyn (Eds.) (2002)
Sydney: Random House Australia
I like this poem
Webb, Kaye (Ed.) (1979)
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.
Poetry to the rescue
Herrick, Stephen. (1998)
St.Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press
Raps and rhymes
Selected by Hill, Susan (1990)
South Yarra, VIC: Eleanor Curtain
Rattling in the wind. Australian poems for children.
Selected by Jill Heylen and Celia Jellett. Illustrated by Marie Smith (1987)
Adelaide: Omnibus Books
Read me a poem
Chosen by Caroline Royds. Illustrated by Inga Moore (1986)
London: Kingfisher Books
Songs for my dog and other wry rhymes (Revised edition)
Fatchen, Max (1999)
Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press
The dog's just been sick in the Honda, and other poems
Thompson, Colin (1999)
Illustrated by Peter Viska
Sydney: Hodder Australia
English K-6. Teaching Kits (Stages 1, 2 & 3)
Sydney: Board of Studies, NSW 1996
More suggestions for individual poems and anthologies can be found in the annotated bibliographies in Tunica's, McVitty's, and Stoodt, Amspaugh & Hunt's books. These books are also invaluable for primary teachers who wish to broaden their own understanding of poetry. Details are as follows:
Children's Literature (Chapter 6. Poetry)
Stoodt, Barbara, Amspaugh, Linda & Hunt, Jane (1996)
South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia
For the love of poetry
Tunica, Mandy (1995)
Newtown, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association
Word Magic: Poetry as a shared adventure
McVitty, Walter (1985)
Rozelle, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association