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 ...

April is National Poetry Month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has taken the rhythms of famous poems and turned them into poetic parodies for ...

Charleston, SC, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Square-dancing ants? Horses that eat ice cream? Gladiators who fall asleep in the arena? Readers will find all this and more in a collection of ...

Looking for ways to build reading and writing skills over the summer? Poetry is the answer! Children of all ages love the magic, rhyme and silliness that often accompany poems written for children.

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own. Oh, the ...

Last night throughout the entire English-speaking world millions and millions of parents, grandparents, elder siblings, aunts and uncles, and family friends read one and the same poem to the little ...

Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati met on a blind date. "We share the same agent," explains Burgess. "She said, 'You need to meet this client of mine.'" Over coffee in Brooklyn, they discovered that they ...

If you can do one favour for your child, expose them to and encourage a love of poetry. The benefits of poetry can’t be underestimated for kids. It can help with language development, encourages ...