Would you like to know how to haiku? You can learn from the best. The list of books and websites below are kid-friendly and teacher-friendly books for teaching kids how to write haiku poetry.

Haiku Bibliography

Cassedy, Sylvia. Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder: Haiku. HarperCollins, 1992.

George, Kristine O’Connell. Fold Me a Poem. Harcourt, 2005.

Gollub, Matthew. Cool Melons—Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa. Lee & Low Books, 1998.

Harter, Penny. Shadow Play: Night Haiku. Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Higginson, William J. Wind in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku. Simon and Schuster, 1991.

Janeczko, Paul B. How to Write Haiku and Other Short Poems.

Janeczko, Paul B. A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms. Candlewick Press, 2005.

Janeczko, Paul B. Stone Bench in an Empty Park. Orchard Books, 2000.

Lewis, J. Patrick. Black Swan, White Crow. Atheneum, 1995.

Livingston, Myra Cohn. Cricket Never Dies: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997.

Mannis, Celeste. One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden. Viking, 2002.

Prelutsky, Jack. If Not for the Cat. Greenwillow, 2004.

Yolen, Jane. Least Things: Poems about Small Natures. Wordsong, 2003.

Website Resources

Giggle Poetry

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/haiku.html

Internet School Library Media Center Haiku Page

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/haiku.htm

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