Knock at a star : a child's introduction to poetry / [compiled by] X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy ; illustrated by Karen Lee Baker.

Section one, What do poems do? ; Part one, Make you smile :

Part two, Tell stories :

Part three, Send messages :

Part four, Share feelings :

Part five, Help you understand people :

Part six, Start you wondering :

Section two, What's inside a poem? ; Part one, Images :

Part two, Word music :

Part three, Beats that repeat :

Part four, Likenesses :

Part five, Word play :

Section 3, Special kinds of poetry ; Part one, Limericks :

Part two, Takeoffs :

Part three, Songs :

Part four, Show-and-spell poems :

Part five, Finders-keepers poems :

Part six, Haiku :

Section 4, Do it yourself; Part one, Writing your own poems. Part two, Ideas :

Part three, Afterword to adults.