“I see the stories of women, but they are always stuck inside the stories of men. Why is that?” So says Menas, the Lithuanian girl at the center of Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Small Backs of Children” ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

Bramer’s poems, created as she got to know a group of kindergartners, explore an evocative range of emotional states, metaphors, and ideas. Understated, dreamlike paintings with offsetting white space ...

FIRST TEE of Howard County, a program designed to introduce youths to the game of golf, uses the sport as a metaphor for life. Youngsters are taught respect, ways to deal with anger and how to set ...

Kwame Alexander is a jack of many literary trades. Besides being a publisher and a producer, Alexander is the author of more than 40 books for adults and children, including his Newbery-winning novel ...

The development of children's ability to translate figurative speech was studied, using sentences containing metaphors, dual function words, and proverbs, as presented in classroom workbooks. One ...