TheGold Shelf

Poetry and rhyme books for teens

26 award-winning books for teens. Verse, nursery rhymes, songs and novels in verse.

Babies and toddlers0–2Ages 3 to 53–5Ages 6 to 86–8Ages 9 to 129–12TeensTeen
Animals14Adventure102Fantasy and magic85Funny books11Family61Friendship37History and real people173Folktales and fairy tales19Poetry and rhyme26Feelings and big moments111

26 books

Cover of Grace NotesWinner2024Grace NotesKaren Comer2024 CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers winnerCover of Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to FreedomHonor2021Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to FreedomCarole Boston Weatherford2021 Newbery Medal Honor BookCover of The Poet XWinner2019The Poet XElizabeth Acevedo2019 Carnegie Medal for Writing winnerCover of OneWinner2016OneSarah Crossan2016 Carnegie Medal for Writing winnerCover of Brown Girl DreamingHonor2015Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson2015 Newbery Medal Honor BookCover of FishtailingWinner2010FishtailingWendy Phillips2010 Governor General's Award (text) winnerCover of The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for FreedomHonor2009The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for FreedomMargarita Engle2009 Newbery Medal Honor BookCover of Carver: A Life in PoemsHonor2002Carver: A Life in PoemsMarilyn Nelson2002 Newbery Medal Honor BookCover of Out of the DustWinner1998Out of the DustKaren Hesse1998 Newbery Medal winnerCover of The HighwaymanWinner1981The HighwaymanAlfred Noyes1981 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winnerCover of A Bundle of BalladsWinner1959A Bundle of BalladsRuth Manning-Sanders from the Child Ballads1959 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winnerThe Boy Lost in the MazeJoseph CoelhoWinner2024The Boy Lost in the MazeJoseph Coelho2024 Carnegie Medal for Writing winnerCover of The Door of No ReturnShortlist2024The Door of No ReturnKwame Alexander2024 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of Punching the AirShortlist2022Punching the AirIbi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam2022 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of Clap When You LandShortlist2021Clap When You LandElizabeth Acevedo2021 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of The Girl Who Became A TreeShortlist2021The Girl Who Became A TreeJoseph Coelho2021 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of The Black FlamingoShortlist2020The Black FlamingoDean Atta2020 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of ReboundShortlist2019ReboundKwame Alexander2019 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of The Weight of WaterShortlist2013The Weight of WaterSarah Crossan2013 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCover of My Letter to the World and Other PoemsFinalist2008My Letter to the World and Other PoemsEmily Dickinson2008 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalistCover of Ann and SeamusFinalist2003Ann and SeamusKevin Major2003 Governor General's Award (text) finalistNot Going to PlanTia FisherShortlist2026Not Going to PlanTia Fisher2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedPlayLuke PalmerShortlist2025PlayLuke Palmer2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedCrossing the LineTia FisherShortlist2024Crossing the LineTia Fisher2024 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedThe CrossingManjeet MannShortlist2022The CrossingManjeet Mann2022 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlistedRun, RebelManjeet MannShortlist2021Run, RebelManjeet Mann2021 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlisted