You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild ...

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

Brantz captures the nuance of it all in her new book, “Poems of Parenting. ... You know, I've had my kids, I am not as worried about the way I look,” she said. “And having children, ...

Tom Angleberger reflects on his new book, 'Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel,' kicking off a series about a T. rex who fancies himself as something of a T.S. Eliot.

Here are 10 kids' books NPR staff and critics loved this year If you've found yourself ... If you think that Shel Silverstein is the king of poetry for kids, it could be that you just haven't read ...

Harrison, who has written dozens of books, contributed one poem and reached out to other poets to select or write one for children. "I started contacting poets. It didn't take long," Harrison said.

You can read the full Christmas poem, but you may prefer cheerier children’s Christmas books as an alternative. Love for plea and gift and sign. So much more than just a muse for the Pre ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo recently published her latest children’s book titled “For A Girl Becoming.” KUNM spoke with Harjo, who said she wrote the book as an advice poem for her first ...

Children’s Books Holiday Gift Books for Children From a 200th-anniversary edition of Clement C. Moore’s Christmas Eve tale to lightheartedly loopy poems for every day of the year.