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 ...

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 ...

There's no such thing as being too young to appreciate poetry! In fact, you'd be surprised by how much kids can get on board with the rhyming and humor in easy, fun children's poems. They're short, ...

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 ...

Starting with an author’s note that discusses “introducing children to the sound of writing,” Rosen’s collection of short poems covers a range of activities, starting with waking up and ending with ...

This is a great time to head to the library and check out poetry. We salute poets during the month of April, and this week is Young People's Poetry Week. It's also National Library Week. Your family ...