April is National Poetry Month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has taken the rhythms of famous poems and turned them into poetic parodies for ...

Go Ask Mom readers know that I features local moms in this space every Monday. But in June, in honor of Father's Day, I'll be featuring some local dads who are doing great things for their kids and ...

The poet Roger McGough introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The writer of this poem Uses a series wild and wonderful similes to describe the writer. The hearer of this poem ...

The author and poet Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The space on the page The 'space' is a ‘friend’ to whom Michael Rosen can tell anything. Words are ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. Produced by Sara Curtis Edited by Wendy Dorr Featuring Elisabeth Egan ...

CBeebies has commissioned a brand new and groundbreaking series for the channel featuring poetry translated into British Sign Language, it was announced today. We are delighted to bring Magic Hands to ...

What can we learn from children's verse? As the most bodily of literary forms, poetry appeals to children. It also has a certain appeal for adults who read to children. For one thing, good writing in ...