This poem can be a resource for teaching children about the role women played in Black history. By exploring Maya Angelou’s thoughts when she was writing this poem, readers are reminded of ...

Michael Rosen, former Children’s Laureate, has written more than 200 books, some of the most memorable of which have been the most personal. In his Sad Book (2004), he chronicled his grief ...

Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids Michael Rosen, illus. by Polly Dunbar. Candlewick, $18.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-5362-2497-9 ...

Britney Winn Lee of Shreveport did not set out to be a children’s book author. But a snowstorm at the Grand Rapids, Mich., airport led to a pop-up poetry reading with bored and weary travelers ...

Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 while reading the poem for President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Four years later, she’s helping children find their voice with her new picture ...