The rhythms and imagery of childhood verses have inspired poets from Robert Louis Stevenson to Elizabeth Bishop. Now it’s your turn For most of us, our first exposure to the joys of verse was when we ...

Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for children.

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 ...

It is difficult to imagine that Njeri Wangari found the idea of writing for children intimidating. After all, she is an accomplished poet who has spoken to hundreds of people in various spaces and ...