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Poetry written especially for children is perfect for those developing brains: because poems for children tend to be short, ...

From delightful Christmas poems for kids that inspire little ones to become Santa’s little helpers to famous poems that bring warmth and joy to cold winter days, these poems capture the magic of ...

Read more about this form of poetry here. Read the best poetry books with children to introduce them to good poems and encourage a love of language, wordplay, sensory images, and rhyme.

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 ...

I don’t know why I had the audacity to go and see it, I didn’t dream I’d go through with it . . . but once I stepped into the ...

The poet Grace Nichols introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children: Sun is laughing In this poem Grace Nichols imagines the sun as a moody, teenage girl. For forest Uses ...

A new collection of illustrated story poems is told from the perspective of a boy who lived ... JOHN HIMMELMAN: Oh, thank you for having me. SIMON: I guess children are the intended audience, but I ...