On rainy days, Reading’s sidewalks will shine with the creativity of young writers from the area. Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will ...

Young poets, we have heard you. We discontinued Kids­Post’s annual poetry contest four years ago, and yet your hope springs eternal. (Yes, those last words were from a poem.) What we mean is that you ...

POEMS ALOUD Written by Joseph Coelho. Illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett “Poems are made to be performed!” Coelho declares early in this rousing book, which guides young readers through the basics of ...

Fortunately, readers responded in droves. Some haikus came from parents and their children; some from classes of elementary and junior high school students. Some were earnest looks at the holy origins ...

Visitors to a Devon orchard will find more than just apples ripening on the trees this summer—children’s haiku poems are now blooming among the branches. The National Trust has announced a ...

Standard 1. Students read and understand a variety of materials. Standard 5. Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Standard 2. Students know physical and human ...