# Books about american poetry assigned in US schools

**4** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _american poetry_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–12
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## american poetry canon

- [Ariel](https://readinglist.school/book/ariel) by Sylvia Plath _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Poems](https://readinglist.school/book/poems) by Elizabeth Bishop _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Something Big Has Been Here](https://readinglist.school/book/something-big-has-been-here) by Jack Prelutsky _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Butterfly Jar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-butterfly-jar) by Jeffrey Moss _(Grades 3–5)_

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