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.

Chris Harris had never written a children's book before — but he wanted to write something special for his kids. His new collection of short-form poems is silly, surprising and full of wordplay.

Free verse poems, grouped into seasons, explore the natural and interior worlds children inhabit. The text is simple and meditative, calling to mind classic children’s verse by Ruth Krauss, such ...

For some kids, those words — the amount of words — is equivalent to a snarling dog. So, why not start with the less threatening, palm-sized pup in the window? In this case, poetry.

But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month! Elementary teachers love teaching children to write poetry because it’s so accessible — poems are short!

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 ...

Grace Nichols is among the fine West Indian poets. She is Guyanese, a prize-winning writer with published collections of poetry, one novel for adult audiences and several children’s books. She ...

Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho tells Lisa Salmon how playing with words through poetry can get children ‘hooked on reading’. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.