There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

National Poetry Month always means a shower of lyrical displays in schools, libraries, and bookstores, but some titles rise above the rest. Here’s a look at the season’s standout poetry books ...

Bilingual poetry helps children learn a second language and encourages their imagination, says Francisco Alarcón, poet, educator and director of the Teaching of Spanish to Native Speakers Program at ...

U.S. National Children's Day is this Sunday. Celebrate with your little ones by reading poetry.

Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the month. The book, titled “A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems ...

We gathered a selection of new and forthcoming picture books, anthologies, and novels in verse for young readers to enjoy.

The Bayou-Ku Children's Poetry Contest is open to children ages 5 to 12 and is in recognition of April's National Poetry Month.

Kipnis’s work, which included poetry, songs, fairytales, riddles, and stories, influenced the perception of generations of Jewish children about the chagim, with his holiday stories usually set ...

Poet Ellen Hopkins, who lives in Cape Girardeau, shares some advice — and several poems as examples — of how to incorporate ...

This study examined the poetry preferences of 792 children in grades one, two, and three in a national sampling. The students listened to eight tape-recorded poems per day for eight days. After ...

Amid social upheaval, these poems spoke to young people over the heads of the censors about finding and defending the territory of the imagination.