Poetry recommendations for children 2026

The "Poetry Recommendations" for adult readers have been published annually since 2013. Since 2024 there are also the "Poetry recommendations for children"!
A group of experts will put together a selection of eleven titles aimed at a reading audience between the ages of three and eleven. The eleven selected books were announced today on occasoin of the World Poetry Day, March 21, 2026.

All titles, events and information are available at www.lyrik-empfehlungen.de.
The recommended poetry books can be found in over two hundred bookshops and libraries throughout Germany, and there are many events with the authors. Educational material for teaching poetry is available for download. All titles will also be available to borrow from the Children's Library (KiBi).

The "Poetry recommendations for children" are accompanied by the HaiKuh. The lyrical mascot was created as part of a poetry workshop: One of the participating children made up his own rhyme for the term "haiku", the name of the traditional Japanese poetry form. The Frankfurt illustrator duo von Zubinski brought the imaginary creature to life with their drawings.

The "Poetry Recommendations for Children" are a cooperation project between theGerman Academy for Language and Poetry, the International Youth Library Foundation, the Poetry Cabinet Foundation, the House of Poetry, the German Library Association and the German Literature Fund.