The poem in For a Girl Becoming is a blessing for a newborn child. Harjo wrote it in 1993 to celebrate the birth in July 1990 ...

For a young child, she says, “it all starts with someone understanding ... Santos, who is also a mother, recommends showing kids many different types of poetry, especially those that don ...

In one segment, children learn how to make a kaleidoscope and ... but I think anyone can participate in it. People have all kinds of preconceived notions of what poetry looks like and who is it for.

(JTA) — Poet and children’s book author Mary Ann Hoberman ... for Me” (1978), which won a National Book Award, and “All Kinds of Families!” (2009), which whimsically celebrated what ...

“I didn't really think of it as a book at first. It was more like my children kind of broke me open and all these poems started pouring out,” she said. “It was like mind, body, and spirit ...

“There’s children’s literature, young adult literature, adult fiction, and nonfiction. It’s all ages and all types of work. Poetry, prose - it’s all here,” said Ben Treat, director of ...

Of all the gifts our children ... cloud-like shapes that I recalled a poetry reading where I heard Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds exclaim: “Our children just walk into a room and ...

And he does it well: His book The Crossover won the Newbery Medal last year for children's literature. His new book is no different. Composed of a series of poems ... if those kinds of things ...

The following six poems are favorites in this writer's kid-filled house. In recent weeks, my kids and I have started ... With such a lot of nice fresh air All sandwiched in between.

We promise these books have projects for kids of all types and ages. And the best part? You can create items with things you probably already have around the house, which makes these books the ...