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 ...

"There was a boy named Emile / who fell in love with a field," poet Kevin Young writes. "It was wide and blue — and if you could have seen it / so would've you." Emile and the Field is the story of a ...

Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day ...

When I was a child and a blank slate, literarily speaking, I loved anthologies of all sorts—books of diverse mystery stories, books of nonsense poems, books that allowed you to dip in and out of a ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

An illustrated poetry book is inviting readers young and old to relive the ups and downs of childhood.

A new illustrated poetry book is inviting readers young and old to relive the ups and downs of childhood. The Loudest Whispers, written by poet Rhuar Dean and illustrated by Lewes-based artist ...