National Poetry Month always means a shower of lyrical displays in schools, libraries, and bookstores, but some titles rise above the rest. Here’s a look at the season’s standout poetry books for ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more ...

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own. Oh, the ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

To be or not to be? Young poets might know the question from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” from movies or television, but not from reading the Bard himself. And it might not matter. Kids are creating ...

Last night throughout the entire English-speaking world millions and millions of parents, grandparents, elder siblings, aunts and uncles, and family friends read one and the same poem to the little ...

April is Poetry Month, and there’s an abundance of new poetry books for children. Here’s a closer look: Since the post of Children’s Poet Laureate was created several years ago, three people have held ...

Who says poetry has to rhyme? Chris Harris — a writer and executive producer for How I Met Your Mother — had never written a poetry book or a children's book before, but he wanted to write something ...

Award-winning teen poet Mckalah Jimenez has been writing poetry since she was nine years old, but it became a lifeline in recent years. When she felt overwhelmed with anxiety, poetry was a release—a ...