But poetry isn't just for adults. In fact, there are plenty of poems for kids that are both entertaining and enlightening. From our earliest moments, we're surrounded by poetry in the form of ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

Njeri Wangari does Kenya's animals justice in this book, in which she talks about their characteristics in a witty, rhyming ...

"However, what many may not realize is how heavy the toll is on children and future generations. Here, a collection of art and poems about the climate crisis written by children around the world.

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 ...

Is children's literature meant to prolong the experience of childhood, or introduce our little ones to the darker realities of being a grown-up? Covering the last 300 years of Polish poetry, Marek ...

Six leading poets introduce and read some of their best-known poetry for children. There are two additional selections of classic poems read by Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Grace Nichols ...

Many parents read to their young children at bedtime – but it tends to be a story they share with them, rather than poetry. However, the Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho is urging mums and ...

In 1951, she married Norman Hoberman, an architect, who illustrated her first book, “All My Shoes Come in Twos” (1957), based on poems she had written for her children. Her husband died in ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...