Kopila by Ghanashyam Khadka is a collection of 30 short poems for children. Easy to read with mostly four to five stanzas in each, the poems try to capture a child’s feelings, thoughts, questions, and ...

Childhood is a magical time, a period of wonder and innocence. It's a time when we explore the world with curious eyes and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 poet Mandy Coe introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children: If you could see laughter What would laughter look like if we could see it? Buttercup The poet delights in the rhythm ...