Carl Sandburg bibliography facts for kids

Carl Sandburg was a famous American writer. He wrote many different kinds of books. This page lists all the books he wrote. It's like a special list called a bibliography. Sandburg was known for his poetry. He also wrote biographies, especially about Abraham Lincoln. And he wrote fun stories for kids!

Carl Sandburg's Poetry Books

Carl Sandburg loved writing poems. His poems often talked about American life. He wrote about cities, farms, and people. Here are some of his poetry collections:

• In Reckless Ecstasy (1904)
• Incidentals (1904)
• The Plaint of the Rose (1908)
• Chicago Poems (1916) - This book includes his famous poem, Chicago.
• Cornhuskers (1918)
• Smoke and Steel (1920)
• Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
• Bronze Wood (1941)
• Poems of the Midwest (1946)
• The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg (1950) - This book collected all his poems.
• Harvest Poems (1960)
• Six New Poems and a Parable (1961)
• Honey and Salt (1963)
• A Sandburg Treasury (1970)
• Breathing Tokens (1978)
• Fables, Foibles and Foobles (1989)
• Arithmetic (1993)
• Billy Sunday and Other Poems (1993)
• Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg (1996)

Carl Sandburg's Prose Works

Besides poetry, Carl Sandburg wrote many books in prose. Prose means writing that is not poetry. He wrote biographies, which are life stories of real people. He also wrote autobiographies, which are his own life stories.

Biographies and Autobiographies

Carl Sandburg was very interested in American history. He wrote a lot about Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a very important American president.

• You and Your Job (1908)
• Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926) - This book tells about Lincoln's early life.
• Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow (1932) - This book is about Lincoln's wife.
• Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939) - This book covers Lincoln's time as president during the Civil War.
• Storm over the Land (1942) - This book is also about the Civil War.
• Home Front Memo (1943)
• Remembrance Rock (1948)
• Lincoln Collector (1949)
• Always the Young Strangers (1953) - This is Sandburg's autobiography about his childhood.
• A Lincoln Preface (1953)
• Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years (1954) - This combines his two big Lincoln books.
• The Letters of Carl Sandburg (1968)
• The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 (1969)
• Ever the Winds of Chance (1983) - This is another part of his autobiography.

Collections of Songs and Other Writings

Sandburg also loved American folk music. He collected many songs.

• The American Songbag (1927) - A collection of American folk songs.
• The New American Songbag (1950)
• Carl Sandburg at the Movies (1985) - This book collects his writings about movies.
• The Poet and the Dream Girl: The Love Letters of Lilian Steichen & Carl Sandburg (1987)
• The Movies Are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays (2000)
• The Sandburg Range (2001)

Carl Sandburg's Children's Books

Carl Sandburg also wrote wonderful stories for children. These books are often full of imagination and fun characters.

• Rootabaga Stories (1922) - This is a famous collection of silly and imaginative stories.
• Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)
• Abe Lincoln Grows Up (1928) - This book tells about Lincoln's childhood in a way kids can understand.
• Early Moon (Junior Literary Guild, 1930)
• Potato Face (1930)
• Prairie-Town Boy (1955) - This book is about Sandburg's own childhood.
• Wind Song (1960)
• The Wedding Procession of the Rag doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It (1967)
• The Sandburg Treasury (1970)
• Rainbows Are Made (1982)
• More Rootabagas (1993)