National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis

Lewis, J. Patrick, ed. National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs that Squeak, Soar, and Roar! Washington: National Geographic Society, 2012. 185p.  

Beautiful poems about many different animals are compiled in this inspirational anthology. The poems are presented with breathtaking color photographs of the animals they honor. A section at the end of the book entitled "Writing Poems about Animals" will help students (and adult readers!) begin to write descriptive poems of their own.