Poetry for Children

Thanks to all of you who read and commented in my Dear One contest . Congratulations, Marilyn Hollinshead, Mary Lee Hahn, Susan Taylor Bro...

It was lovely to catch up with poet Heidi Mordhorst at last week's Poetry Party and NCTE conference. Not only did she have a wonderful ...

I’m in San Francisco this week—near the ocean—a perfect moment to mention a new poetry book by David L. Harrison called Vacation; We’re Goin...

I’m off to Chicago for the annual conference of the American Library Association . My daughter (a budding librarian herself) is joining me a...

Today is Earth Day , so I thought it would be appropriate to consider a collection of poetry that celebrates the earth and its creatures. It...

Ivy in Bloom written by Vanita Oelschlager and illustrated by by Kristin Blackwood (Vanitabooks, 2009) I happened upon this book at the ALA ...