These are some of the most famous writers of children's poetry in the English language.
Elizabeth Acevedo
American Poet and Author
(1988-)
Francisco X. Alarcón
American poet
(1954-2016)
Kwame Alexander
American Author and Poet
(1968-)
Maya Angelou
American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist
(1928-2014)
Hilaire Belloc
English writer, poet, and humorist
(1870-1953)
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
English novelist and humorist
(1875-1956)
William Blake
English Poet and Painter
(1757-1827)
Gelett Burgess
American artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist
(1866-1851)
Lewis Carroll
English author, poet, and mathematician
(1832-1898)
Charles E. Carryl
American children’s author and poet
(1841-1920)
Guy Wetmore Carryl
American humorist and poet
(1873-1904)
Lydia Maria Child
American abolitionist, activist, and writer
(1802-1880)
John Ciardi
American poet, translator, and etymologist
(1916-1986)
Adelaide Crapsey
American poet
(1878-1914)
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet
(1916-1990)
Kalli Dakos
Canadian children’s poet and educator
(1950-)
Margarita Engle
Cuban-American poet
(1951-)
Eugene Field
American writer, poet, and journalist
(1850-1895)
Rachel Field
American novelist and poet
(1894-1942)
Paul Fleischman
American writer and poet
(1952-)
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
American Author
(1852-1930)
Robert Frost
American poet
(1874-1963)
Nikki Giovanni
American poet, writer, and activist
(1943-)
Harry Graham
English Poet
(1874-1936)
Nikki Grimes
American Author and Poet
(1950-)
Arthur Guiterman
American Writer and Poet
(1871-1943)
Sarah Josepha Hale
American Writer
(1788-1879)
Oliver Herford
English-American Writer, Poet, and Artist
(1860-1935)
Mary Ann Hoberman
American author and poet
(1930-)
Lee Bennett Hopkins
American educator, author, poet, and anthologist
(1938-2019)
A. E. Housman
English classical scholar and poet
(1859-1936)
Paul Janeczko
American poet and anthologist
(1945-2019)
X. J. Kennedy
American poet
(1929-)
Rudyard Kipling
English Writer and Poet
(1865-1936)
Karla Kuskin
American author, poet, and illustrator
(1932-2009)
Edward Lear
English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet
(1812-1888)
Dennis Lee
Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic
(1939-)
J. Patrick Lewis
American Poet
(1942-)
Myra Cohn Livingston
American poet
(1926-1996)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet and educator
(1807-1882)
Spike Milligan
Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, and poet
(1918-2002)
A. A. Milne
English writer and poet
(1882-1956)
Clement Clarke Moore
American writer and scholar
(1779-1863)
Ogden Nash
American poet
(1902-1971)
Kenn Nesbitt
American Poet
(1962-)
Alfred Noyes
English writer and poet
(1880-1958)
Naomi Shihab Nye
American Poet and Writer
(1952-)
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic
(1809-1849)
Jack Prelutsky
American poet
(1940-)
William Brighty Rands
English Poet
(1823-1882)
Laura E. Richards
American author and poet
(1850-1943)
James Whitcomb Riley
American Poet
(1849-1916)
Christina Rossetti
English Poet
(1830-1894)
Carl Sandburg
American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor
(1878-1967)
Robert W. Service
British-Canadian poet and writer
(1874-1958)
Dr. Seuss
American children’s author and cartoonist
(1904-1991)
Joyce Sidman
American children’s author and poet
(1956-)
Shel Silverstein
American writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician
(1930-1999)
Marilyn Singer
American writer and poet
(1948-)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Novelist and Poet
(1850-1894)
Jane Taylor
English poet and novelist
(1783-1824)
William Makepeace Thackeray
British author, poet, and illustrator
(1811-1863)
Ernest Thayer
American writer and poet
(1863-1940)
Judith Viorst
American author, poet, and journalist
(1931-)
Carolyn Wells
American author and poet
Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer and Poet
(1963-)
Jane Yolen
American author, poet, and journalist
(1939-)
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