Handy Topics in the Curriculum Department

will help you locate the different NCTE Notable Poetry books that are in our collections.  Just click on a name to go to the record!

Please note: if a title is not linked, it means that we currently do not have it in our collection.  Please check the Kearney Public Library or consider ordering it from Interlibrary Loan

The National Council for Teachers of English's Poetry Committee, in addition to selecting the recipient for its bi-annual Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children award, compiles an annual list of notable poetry books for children.

Also, starting in 2016, a companion list, the NCTE Notable Verse Novels, was compiled.