Poetry Archives - Marilyn Singer

WHOSE TREE IS THIS? Poems About the Mighty Oak and Its Companions

(Lerner/Millbrook, 2026)
Poems and prose about an oak tree and the creatures that rely on it.
Illustrated by Julian Plum.

AWE-SOME DAYS: Poems about the Jewish Holidays

(Dial/Penguin, 2022)
Poems about the Jewish holidays as celebrated by a family during the course of a year.
Illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte.

FOLLOW THE RECIPE

(Dial/Penguin, 2020)
Poems about imagination, celebration, and cake.
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman.

Who Named Their Pony Macaroni?

(Disney-Hyperion, 2019)
Poems about White House Pets.
Illustrated by Ryan McAmis.

Wild in the Streets

(Words & Pictures/Quarto, 2019)
20 Poems about City Animals.
Illustrated by Gordy Wright.

I’m the Big One Now!

(Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2019)
Poems about growing up.
Illustrated by Jana Christy.

Have You Heard About Lady Bird?

(Disney-Hyperion, 2018)
Poems about all of our First Ladies.
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.

Every Month Is A New Year

(Lee & Low, 2018)
Poems about New Year celebrations around the globe.
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth.

Feel the Beat!: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to Swing

(Dial/Penguin, 2017)
Poems about social dances in the rhythms of those dances.
Illustrated by Kristi Valiant.

Miss Muffet, Or What Came After

(Clarion, 2016)
What did happen to Miss Muffet after the spider sat beside her? A wacky verse play featuring many nursery rhyme characters.
Illustrated by David Litchfield.