What is Maya Angelou’s Most Famous Poems? In 1978 Maya Angelou wrote, “Still I Rise”. “Still I Rise” is another iconic poem that resonates with both children and adults.

His poetry collections include 'The Fall and Other Poems' and 'The Second Spring,' and he has received a 2019 Christopher Medal for his poetry in the year’s best children’s book. He lives in the Black ...

In a late, gorgeous poem titled “A Children’s Story,” a king, a queen, and a bunch of little princesses are “tired of rural life” and have decided to return to the city, to society.

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

Writing poems about our children. Of all the gifts our children give us, such as their innocence and good nature, their curiosity about the world is one particularly worth cherishing.

Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail.

Poem is where the heart is for our Rick Telander Sun-Times sports columnist finishes decades-long passion project by publishing book of poetry for children ...

Here’s an actual poem some kids and I wrote in Richmond, Va., recently. We started with a picture of a T. rex (drawn by a kid named Margot, because I also teach kids how to draw dinosaurs), ...