In the Children's areas of the Norfolk Public Library there are books of poetry for the experienced reader and the littlest listener. There are traditional ballads like The Highwayman, or word plays like David McCord's, The Picketey Fence, or the playful picture poem, Poem Written On the Neck of a Running Giraffe, by Shel Silverstein.

Poems help the reader to see, hear, taste, smell, and touch the world created by the poet. Come to a Norfolk Public Library soon and experience a poem!