The form is just a way to give a container to it.” Santos, who is also a mother, recommends showing kids many different types of poetry, especially those that don’t rhyme, and asking them what ...

Poetry can improve kids’ well-being ... Poetry has some unique linguistic characteristics that set it apart from other types of writing. Compared to traditional prose, poetry often communicates ...

They now have an illustrated book of poetry called Words with Wings and Magic Things. "One of the ways I describe this book is Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids," says Burgess, who remembers ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." A new collection of ...