17 BOOKS OF POEMS FOR CHILDREN, RECOMMENDED BY AN EXPERT IN MONTESSORI PEDAGOGY

Today we celebrate World Poetry Day, a date that aims to show linguistic diversity through poetic expression. Poetry is an important part of children's lives since they are born, they often listen to it in nannies, riddles and children's songs. In addition, reading, reciting and memorizing poems has countless benefits for their development.

There are wonderful poems that we can read to children to familiarize themselves with poetry, but there is also a large number of poetry books adapted to each stage of their development.

With the help of Almudena Palacios, teacher, educator in Positive Discipline, expert in the Montessori method and founder of the Living Montessori website, we wanted to review some of the fabulous works that should not be missing in the library of the little ones.

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A very boring story to fall asleep

At night, everyone interrupts their activity and silence becomes omnipresent. The pirate, the puppy, the girl with the basket, everyone sleeps, except the owl that keeps watch ...

Almudena recommends this book for children between zero and two years old, since his verses repetitive and loaded with musicality they quickly catch your attention, and the book ends up becoming a favorite of the little ones.

It is from the Takatuka publishing house and you can buy it on Amazon for 7.60 euros.

Verses of ...

The "Versos de…" collection of the publishing house SM is another of Almudena's recommendations to bring poetry to children, especially if they are between three and six years old, since their verses are short, simple and illustrated.

In "Story Verses" the child will discover the world of stories through poetry. On Amazon for 15.20 euros.

In "Verses of the forest" 30 poems about life in the forest are collected. On Amazon for 15.20 euros.

In "Verses of colors" children will learn colors and everything that means, thanks to the beauty of 30 illustrated poems. On Amazon for 15.20 euros.

In "Verses of the sea" 30 poems are dedicated for first readers to the marine universe. On Amazon for 15.20 euros.

A poem to cure the fish

To cure Leon, his fish that is sick, Adrian must give him a poem. But who can tell Adrian what a poem is? Beautiful and fun book, with colorful illustrations that will awaken the imagination of the little ones.

It is from the Kókinos publishing house and can be purchased at Amazon for 13.30 euros.

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Poems to go to sleep

Beautiful and delicate illustrated book for read to the little ones before going to sleep. It contains 12 poems that will help the child become familiar with poetry while inviting relaxation.

It is from the SM publishing house and you can buy it on Amazon for 14.25 euros.

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Gloria Fuertes for children

For the educator and expert in Montessori, Gloria Fuertes's poems should occupy a privileged place in our library, and that is why we recommend this anthology to children of all ages. It mixes the game, ingenuity, surprises and humor, with deeper content such as love, loneliness, justice or peace.

It is from Susaeta publishing house and you can buy it on Amazon for 15.15 euros.

The verses of the silly book

It is a set of 25 compositions structured at the beginning, an end and, in between, three parts dedicated to the verses that fled by air, by sea and by land. This wonderful book, focused on children of all ages, invite the poetic game through fun and friendly characters.

It is from the Factoría K publishing house, and you can buy it from Amazon for 13.30 euros.

Tales in verse for perverse children

With this great and fun book written in verse, Roald Dahl reinvents six traditional stories that all children know, and they will be surprised to hear or read them and see the turn of history.

It's a book For children of all ages, from the Alfaguara publishing house. Available on Amazon for 12.29 euros.

Word of mouth and river because it's my turn

Various characters, rare worlds and crazy stories that are told through very musical poems and fun collages, all with laughter as a thread. Addressed to Children of all ages.

It is from La Guarida publishing house and you can buy it at Amazon for 13.20 euros.

12 poems by Federico García Lorca

Fantastic book by Kalandraka publishing house with a Lorca's careful selection of poems accompanied by beautiful illustrations. A personal and distinct look at the "Lorca" legacy that allows children to start reading this unique and wonderful author.

On Amazon for 14.25 euros.

Rubén Darío for children

And also from the Susaeta publishing house we find this other great illustrated book, which seeks to bring the poetry of Rubén Darío to the little ones. It is a beautiful and careful anthology that rescues the best known poems of one of the main poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

You can buy it on Amazon for 15.15 euros.

Picasso itches me

A book of poems that brings the different works and moments of Picasso's life to the smallest, through rhymes, nannies, songs and romances. Written by the author Ignacio Sanz and illustrated by Fernando Gómez.

From the Sesame publishing house. Available on Amazon for 8.55 euros.

The taste of words: poetic anthology for children

Hugo is a nine-year-old boy who has just discovered poetry thanks to his teacher Susana, who has taught his students that poets are magicians who put words together so that invisible feelings can be touched with the fingers of the soul.

This beautiful anthology of poems brings together great Spanish and Latin American poets, and is an excellent way to bring poetry to children, especially those with ages between eight and 12 years.

Available on Amazon for 9.02 euros.

Poems to the Moon

And although it is not expressly for children, Almudena has not wanted to stop recommending this wonderful book of poems that catches the reader for the fantasy that his verses give off and for his beautiful illustrations. Maybe for older children or teenagers it is a perfect gift!

It is from the Edelvives publishing house, and can be purchased at Amazon for 20.90 euros.

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Little sonnets, for restless girls and boys

Curious and interesting book that includes 30 sonnets illustrated with the biographies of international figures that have been part of our childhood and also of our adult stage. Steven Spielberg, Gloria Fuertes, Walt Disney, the Grimm brothers, Mary Poppins, Mafalda, E.T, Pipi Longstocking ...

On Amazon for 16.15 euros.