Listed below are all of the 2009 nominees for the Poetry category.

Author

Title
A Curious Collection of Cats Betsy Franco
A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout Paul Janeczko
A Mirror to Nature: Poems About Reflection Jane Yolen
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems Deborah Ruddell
Absolutely Wild Dennis Webster
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways Avis Harley
Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes Alice Schertle
Change-up: Baseball Poems Gene Fehler
City I Love Lee Bennett Hopkins
Come to the Castle!: A Visit to a Castle in Thirteenth-Century England Linda Ashman
Concrete Poetry (Poetry Basics) Valerie Bodden
Countdown to Summer: A Poem for Every Day of the School Year J. Patrick Lewis
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings Douglas Florian
Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems Georgia Heard
Lady of Shalott, The (Visions in Poetry) Alfred Lord Tennyson
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me/Alone Maya Angelou
Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems for Two Voices Betsy Franco
Mother Poems Hope Anita Smith
My African Bedtime Rhymes Brettell Hone
Pumpkin Butterfly: Poems from the Other Side of Nature Heidi Mordhorst
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors Joyce Sidman
Sky Magic Lee Bennett Hopkins
Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles J. Patrick Lewis
Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School Laura Purdie Salas
Steady Hands: Poems About Work Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry Bill Martin Jr.
The Cuckoo’s Haiku: and Other Birding Poems Michael J. Rosen
The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems About How Sports Began Alice Low
The House J. Patrick Lewis
The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme Bobbi Katz
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination Mary Ann Hoberman
The Underwear Salesman: And Other Jobs for Better or Verse J. Patrick Lewis
The Young Inferno John Agard
Tofu Quilt Ching Yeung Russell
Vacation: We’re Going to the Ocean David L. Harrison
What’s the Weather Inside? Karma Wilson