What do G.K. Chesterton, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti and Joyce Kilmer have in common with Mother Goose? Plenty, poetically. They also all are highlighted in Poems Every Child ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

My guest today is Mary Jo Fresch, PhD, who lives in Dublin, Ohio. She began publishing in 1995, taking research data and turning it into actionable ideas for classroom teachers. Mary Jo’s favorite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires ...

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 for a ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, we have gathered a selection of new and forthcoming picture books, anthologies, and novels in verse for young readers to enjoy. All of Those Babies by Mylisa Larsen, ...

As a former classroom teacher and professor of teacher education I have always been a proponent of getting poetry into the hands of children. I’ve used this genre in the classroom to allow students to ...